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Abrotanella nivigena
Snow-wort is a tiny alpine cushion plant of the daisy family, growing only 3 to 5 cm tall in the high country of southeast New South Wales and eastern Victoria. It needs cold, open, well-drained alpine conditions and is not a practical garden plant.
Abrotanella nivigena (common name - Snow wort) is a member of the daisy family and ranges from southeast New South Wales to eastern Victoria, Australia, growing in the Kosciuszko region. It is a cushion plant growing from 3 to 5 cm tall.
It was first described in 1855 as Trineuron nivigenum by Ferdinand von Mueller, who described it as growing "on grassy or gravelly places in the Munyang Mountains, irrigated by melting glaciers" at altitudes of 5000 to 6000 feet. Mueller redescribed it in 1865 as Abrotanella nivigena. Similar plants in Papua New Guinea were previously included in this species, but molecular evidence indicates that these are not the same, and the New Guinean plants have now reverted to the previous name of Abrotanella papuana Moore.
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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.
