Lilaeopsis novae-zeelandiae
Endemic
Zelandiae
- Scientific Name
- Lilaeopsis novae-zeelandiae
- Origin
- New Zealand
- Type
- Native
- Plant Life-form Type
- short
- Taxonomy
- (Gand.) AW Hill
- Presence
- Central North Island to Southland.
- Habitat
- Shallow waters of lakes and exposed margins, coastal wet areas.
- Temperature (°C)
- up to 28
- pH range
- 7
- Hardness (ppm)
- Hardy
- Light
- Medium
- Height
- 100mm
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Propagation
- Seeds and vegetative fragments.
- Features
- L. ruthiana has distinct leaves that arise (in pairs or more) from nodes on a slender creeping rhizome. The leaves are up to 15 cm long and are filiform, cyclindrical and tarpering, with septa visible across each leaf.
- Source
- TIFBIS
- Synonym
- Lilaeopsis lacustris AW Hill