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Monro's mountain daisy

Celmisia monroi

Also called Rock Cotton Plant

Monro's mountain daisy
Photo: Pieter Pelser, CC BY 4.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
New Zealand South I.
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Celmisia monroi, the rock cotton plant, or Monro's mountain daisy, is a species of flowering plant, endemic to New Zealand.

Where it grows

This species is native to the northeast corner of the South Island. It grows from the coast to alpine areas, and prefers rocky habitats that are well drained and dry. On the coast it grows near limestone. In mountainous areas, it can be found near in particular on rocky escarpments in tussock grasslands, or on scree slopes.

Other Celmisia plants

Mountain Daisy · Strap Leaved Daisy · Celmisia asteliifolia · Celmisia discolor · Celmisia durietzii · Common Mountain Daisy · Haast's mountain daisy · White Mountain Musk · Needle Leaved Mountain Daisy · Shrub Daisy · Akaroa daisy · Celmisia major

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Celmisia monroi by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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