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Raoulia australis
Also called Common Mat Daisy, Scabweed
Golden Scabweed (Raoulia australis) is a low, mat-forming New Zealand daisy that spreads into dense, silvery-green cushions used as ground cover. It needs open sun and very free-draining soil, and it dislikes wet roots and humid heat.
Raoulia australis, the scabweed or scab plant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to New Zealand. It is used as a ground cover.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Raoulia australis 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.
