Raoulia
| Vegetable sheep | |
|---|---|
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| Raoulia glabra | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Gnaphalieae[1] |
| Genus: | Raoulia Hook.f. ex Raoul |
| Type species | |
| Raoulia australis Hook.f. ex Raoul | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Raoulia is a genus of New Zealand plants in the pussy's-toes tribe within the daisy family.[2][3]
Raoulia grow in alpine areas, forming very fine and dense growths.[4] These compact growths form large amorphous cushion-like masses with only the growing tips visible. Due to their shape and form, the plant clusters resemble sheep from afar, this giving them their alternate name, vegetable sheep.[5]
Taxonomy
- Raoulia albosericea
- Raoulia apicinigra
- Raoulia australis
- Raoulia beauverdii
- Raoulia bryoides
- Raoulia buchananii
- Raoulia catipes
- Raoulia chiliastra
- Raoulia cinerea
- Raoulia eximia
- Raoulia glabra
- Raoulia goyenii
- Raoulia grandiflora
- Raoulia haastii
- Raoulia hectorii
- Raoulia hookeri
- Raoulia mammillaris
- Raoulia monroi
- Raoulia parkii
- Raoulia petriensis
- Raoulia planchonii
- Raoulia rubra
- Raoulia subsericea
- Raoulia subulata
- Raoulia tenuicaulis
- Raoulia youngii
- formerly included[1]
see Argyrotegium
- Raoulia mackayi - Argyrotegium mackayi
Cultivation
Slow spreading, flat rock garden plant with silver-gray, almost moss-like, foliage.
- sun: full sun, part shade
- height: 2 inches
- width: spreads to around 1 ft.
- water: regular
- hardiness: 20°F according to one source, 35 degrees F according to another
- heat tolerance: unknown
See also
- Vegetable Lamb of Tartary (mythological plant)
References
- 1 2 3 4 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ↑ Hooker, Joseph Dalton ex Raoul, Édouard Fiacre Louis. 1846. Choix de plantes de la Nouvelle-Zelande page 20
- ↑ Tropicos, Raoulia Hook. f. ex Raoul
- ↑ Raoulia bryoides: Vegetable Sheep
- ↑ Top 10 Ugly Plants
- ↑ The Plant List search for Raoulia
External links
- "Vegetable Sheep" in Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
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