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Raoulia tenuicaulis
Mat daisy is a small, low-growing New Zealand shrub that forms dense mats up to about 1 m across, mostly in stony riverbeds. It needs open, free-draining, sunny conditions and does best with very little water and fertility.
Raoulia tenuicaulis, known as the tutahuna in Te reo or mat daisy, is a species of flowering plant, endemic to New Zealand. It is the most widespread Raoulia, and grows mainly in riverbeds.
Raoulia tenuicaulis is known from across New Zealand, on both the North and South Island. It thrives in stony riverbeds in both montane and lowland regions.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Raoulia tenuicaulis 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.
