Raoulia
| Vegetable Sheep | |
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| Raoulia glabra | |
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| Genus: | Raoulia Hook.f. ex Raoul
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| Raoulia australis Hook.f. ex Raoul
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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]
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 animal)
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- formerly included[1]
see Argyrotegium
- Raoulia mackayi - Argyrotegium mackayi
- ^ a b c d 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.