Celmisia coriacea
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This alpine plant is easily grown under ordinary garden conditions provided good drainage is present in the form of a porous subsoil. It will not thrive where the subsoil is of a clayey or other non-porous nature. W. Martin, B.Sc., F.R.G.S., says in his “The Flora of New Zealand”: “One form of the widely-distributed C. coriacea, growing on the Humboldt Mountains, develops flowers as big as a saucer (five inches diameter) another form growing on Maungatua has leaves that sometimes in shade approximate to four feet in length; but whatever its form the Cotton Plant holds high place among the most arresting and handsome members of the genus.”
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Forest and Bird, Issue 76, 1 May 1945, Page 7
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112Celmisia coriacea Forest and Bird, Issue 76, 1 May 1945, Page 7
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