Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Carmichaelia monroi Hook.f. trib. Carmichaelieae |
Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 49 (1864) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | stems erect, crowded, 2-4mm thick, rigid, sulcate, flowers 6-10mm long, purple veined and at base variegate, in raceme of 2-5 |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring after hot water treatment, germ. 3-6 months, cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Carmichaelia monroi var. longicarinata G.Simpson |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |