| Raoulia | |
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| Raoulia glabra | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Gnaphalieae |
| Genus: | Raoulia Hook.f. ex Raoul |
| Type species | |
| Raoulia australis | |
| Synonyms1 | |
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Raoulia is a genus of New Zealand plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae.234
Many Raoulia species grow in alpine areas, forming very fine and dense growths.5 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.6
Haastia pulvinaris is another species of plant in the aster family that is also known as vegetable sheep, and which grows in similar environments.
The range of some species, such as Raoulia beauverdii, includes coastal places.7
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 included1
- Argyrotegium mackayi (Raoulia mackayi)
Cultivation
Slow spreading, flat rock garden plant with silver-gray, almost moss-like, foliage.
- sun: full sun, part shade
- height: 50 mm (2 in)
- width: spreads to around 300 mm (1 ft).
- water: regular
- hardiness: −7 °C (20 °F) according to one source, 2 °C (35 °F) according to another
- heat tolerance: unknown
References
References
- Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- Te Papa (Museum); Lehnebach, Carlos, eds. (2023). Flora: celebrating our botanical world. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press. p. 297. ISBN 978-1-9911509-1-2. OCLC 1409457791.
- Hooker, Joseph Dalton ex Raoul, Étienne Fiacre Louis. 1846. Choix de plantes de la Nouvelle-Zelande page 20
- Tropicos, Raoulia Hook. f. ex Raoul
- Raoulia bryoides: Vegetable Sheep
- "Vegetable sheep". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara. 1966. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - "Raoulia beauverdii". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- The Plant List search for Raoulia