Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Raoulia grandiflora Hook.f. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Fl. Nov.-Zel. 1: 136 (1852) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 1300-2000m |
Description | leaves densely imbricate, 5-10mm long, ovate-lanceolate, acute, in upper part appresed silvery hirsute, capitula 15mm, bracts with conspicuous, white tip |
Size | 1-2cm |
Color | whitish yellow |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | - |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Gnaphalium fasciculatum Buchanan Psychrophyton grandiflorum (Hook.f.) Beauverd Raoulia grandiflora var. fasciculata (Buchanan) Cheeseman |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |