Raoulia hookeri
Raoulia hookeri is a small mat forming, rooting plant with small rosettes of spoon-shaped leaves (2-4mm) silver leaves which is quite easy to grow. Leaves very closely packed together and erect at the tips densely covered with fine white/silvery hairs.
In summer it bears small flowers which range from creamy white to yellow about 5 – 7 mm across. The small flower heads (receptacles) contain disk florets only. It flowers for a very short time.
Its habitat is coastal to high alpine areas 1200 -2000m on the mountains from central North Island southwards and in the South Island and Stewart Island.
A variable species with some superior forms commonly called mat weeds, scab weeds or matt daisy. It is easy to grow in a variety of locations in gardens, rock gardens or similar.
The genus Raoulia is named after Étienne Fiacre Louis Raoul (23 July 1815–30 March 1852) who was a French naval surgeon and naturalist. On the ship L’Aube who was in Akaroa in 1840-41. He published a book Choix de plantes de la Nouvelle-Zélande ("Selected plants of New Zealand") in 1846. The genus was named after him by Joseph Hooker.
The Species hookeri is named after Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (born 1817) a world famous botanist who travelled on the Antarctic expedition of 1839 under the command of Sir James Ross and wrote "Handbook of New Zealand Flora" published in 1864-67 describing many specimens sent to Kew by collectors. He died in 1911 and has a memorial stone at Westminster Abbey London.
In summer it bears small flowers which range from creamy white to yellow about 5 – 7 mm across. The small flower heads (receptacles) contain disk florets only. It flowers for a very short time.
Its habitat is coastal to high alpine areas 1200 -2000m on the mountains from central North Island southwards and in the South Island and Stewart Island.
A variable species with some superior forms commonly called mat weeds, scab weeds or matt daisy. It is easy to grow in a variety of locations in gardens, rock gardens or similar.
The genus Raoulia is named after Étienne Fiacre Louis Raoul (23 July 1815–30 March 1852) who was a French naval surgeon and naturalist. On the ship L’Aube who was in Akaroa in 1840-41. He published a book Choix de plantes de la Nouvelle-Zélande ("Selected plants of New Zealand") in 1846. The genus was named after him by Joseph Hooker.
The Species hookeri is named after Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (born 1817) a world famous botanist who travelled on the Antarctic expedition of 1839 under the command of Sir James Ross and wrote "Handbook of New Zealand Flora" published in 1864-67 describing many specimens sent to Kew by collectors. He died in 1911 and has a memorial stone at Westminster Abbey London.