Haastia sinclarii var. sinclairii
This is probably the prettiest Haastia to find especially in full flower. It is more upright and formal in its appearance. It does not form cushions.
The leaves are larger, more pointed, sometimes distinctly lined and regularly arranged while still being covered in white and buffish hairs.
Flower heads may be up to 3cm across protrudes form the leaves with blackish bracts surrounding the typical composite daisy flower head.
It makes a fantastic sight on the scree slopes and seems to colonise in the more stable areas on the edges of the scree. New young plants pop up in the scree and look really nice and fresh and exciting to find.
It is widespread on the mountains of the South Island in scree and stable scree areas.
Haastia is a small genus of remarkable and distinctive plants all endemic to New Zealand. Commonly called Vegetable Sheep because of their growth habit of large whitish grey masses clinging to steep rocky mountain sides and large rocks resembling a sheep even when from a short distance let alone quite far away.
The leaves are larger, more pointed, sometimes distinctly lined and regularly arranged while still being covered in white and buffish hairs.
Flower heads may be up to 3cm across protrudes form the leaves with blackish bracts surrounding the typical composite daisy flower head.
It makes a fantastic sight on the scree slopes and seems to colonise in the more stable areas on the edges of the scree. New young plants pop up in the scree and look really nice and fresh and exciting to find.
It is widespread on the mountains of the South Island in scree and stable scree areas.
Haastia is a small genus of remarkable and distinctive plants all endemic to New Zealand. Commonly called Vegetable Sheep because of their growth habit of large whitish grey masses clinging to steep rocky mountain sides and large rocks resembling a sheep even when from a short distance let alone quite far away.