Raoulia hookeri
(Golden Scabweed)
Raoulia hookeri
(Golden Scabweed)
Details:
| Foliage Colour: | Silver-Grey |
| Growth Rate: | Medium |
| Mature Height: | 0.1 m |
| Mature Width: | 0.5 m |
| Site Condition: | Exposed, Frost Tolerant, Heavy Soil, Loamy Soil, Sandy Soil, Windy |
| Sun: | Full Sun |
| Drainage: | Dry |
| Category: | Creeper |
| Features: | Native. Suitable for bordering or edging and ground cover. Attractive to lizards. Flower colour: Yellow. Suitable restoration species. |
Raoulia hookeri is a small, mat-forming evergreen perennial with tiny, rosettes of silver, spoon-shaped leaves. Excellent in the rock garden.
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.
Habitat: Dense mat forming plants found covering stone-strewn dry river and stream beds. Found in alpine dry rocky places and screes.
Flowering: Summer [December - January]
Fruiting:
Prices
| Each | 20 or more | |
|---|---|---|
| 2l Pot | $8.50 | $8.00 |
