Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Raoulia rubra Buchanan trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 14: 349 (1882) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves 2-4mm long, obovate-spathulate, rounded to truncate, at apex long hirsute, capitula 3mm across, discoid, involucral bracts with white tip |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | red |
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, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Psychrophyton rubrum (Buchanan) Beauverd |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North) |