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Strap Leaved Daisy

Celmisia angustifolia

Strap  Leaved Daisy
Photo: John Barkla, CC BY 4.0

Strap-leaved daisy is a low, mat-forming subshrub from the mountains of New Zealand's South Island, grown for its white daisy flowers and narrow silvery leaves. It needs cool conditions, sharp drainage and full sun to thrive.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately during the growing season and keep dry in winter; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Gritty, free-draining mix with added grit or stone; tolerates poor, stony soil.
Temperature
5–20 °C; tolerates cold well but dislikes hot, humid summers.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
C. & S. New Zealand South I.
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Celmisia angustifolia, called the strap-leaved daisy, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Celmisia, native to the South Island of New Zealand. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Celmisia angustifolia 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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