Raoulia haastii Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Raoulia

Characteristics

Stems creeping and rooting; branches ∞, densely packed; branchlets erect or ascending, very close-set; plant forming cushions up to 1 m. or more diam. and 3 dm. or more tall. Lvs very densely imbricate in c. 5 series; basal portion scarious, glab., 3-nerved (lateral nerves us. weak, sts absent), c. 1 × 0·5 mm., suddenly narrowed to blunt apical portion c. 1 mm. long, subcoriac., ± densely clad in appressed silky hairs. Capitula up to 5 mm. diam. Florets 4-10, c. half ♀. Inner phyll. c. 4 mm. long, stramineous, hyaline-margined, linear-oblong, obtuse; apex dark to creamy white, not radiate. Achenes < 1 mm. long, ± puberulous; pappus-hairs up to 3 mm. long, slender, not thickened at tips.
Life form perennial
Growth form -
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.01 - 0.02
Root system creeping-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-7

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Raoulia haastii unspecified picture

Distribution

Raoulia haastii world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:241180-1
WFO ID wfo-0000138729
COL ID 4RJCF
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Raoulia haastii