Raoulia

Raoulia is a genus of New Zealand plants in the pussy's-toes tribe within the daisy family.[2][3]

Vegetable sheep
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
Synonyms[1]
  • Psychrophyton Beauverd
  • Gnaphalium section Psychrophyton (Hook.f. ex Raoul) Baillon

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
Species[1][6]
  • 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

References
  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Hooker, Joseph Dalton ex Raoul, Étienne Fiacre Louis. 1846. Choix de plantes de la Nouvelle-Zelande page 20
  3. Tropicos, Raoulia Hook. f. ex Raoul
  4. Raoulia bryoides: Vegetable Sheep
  5. Top 10 Ugly Plants
  6. The Plant List search for Raoulia


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