Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Leptostigma setulosum (Hook.f.) Fosberg |
Bibliography | Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 33: 81 (1982) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Description | leaves in remote pairs on filiform petioles, scabrous hirsute, ovate to broadly elliptic, 5-10mm, obtuse, ciliate, flowers 8-10mm long, lobes 5, hirsute |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Coprosma setulosa (Hook.f.) F.Muell. Nertera pusilla Colenso Nertera setulosa Hook.f. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |