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Abrotanella caespitosa

Abrotanella caespitosa
Photo: John Steel, CC BY 4.0

Abrotanella caespitosa is a small, cushion-forming alpine daisy-family subshrub endemic to New Zealand's South Island and southern North Island, found in alpine herbfield. It is a wild mountain plant rarely cultivated, so care advice is limited.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep moist during the growing season and allow the surface to dry slightly between waterings; it is adapted to cool, moist alpine conditions.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty alpine mix with good organic content.
Temperature
5–20 °C; tolerates cold, frost and snow in its native habitat.
How easy
Hard
Native range
New Zealand
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Abrotanella caespitosa is a member of the daisy family and is an endemic species of New Zealand.

Where it grows

The species is found in the South Island and southern North Island of New Zealand. It grows in alpine herbfield habitats.

Other Abrotanella plants

Abrotanella diemii · Notched Moss Bog · Abrotanella fertilis · Abrotanella filiformis · Tasmanian Cushion Plant · Abrotanella inconspicua · Abrotanella linearifolia · Abrotanella linearis · Abrotanella muscosa · Snow-wort · Abrotanella papuana · Abrotanella patearoa

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Abrotanella caespitosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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