Scientific Name: Donatia novae-zelandiae

Common Name: snow cushionplant

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Donatiaceae

Form Description: Densely tufted, perennial plant with erect, closely packed stems which form hard, compact mounds, 1m or more in diameter.

Flowers: Solitary, 5-6mm wide and long.

Fruit: Capsule is top-shaped.

Municipality
Central HighlandsCircular HeadDerwent ValleyHuon ValleyKentishMeander ValleyWaratah-WynyardWest Coast
Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine Vegetation
Habitat Notes

Mountain summits, on wet screes and exposed places with snow lie for several months of the year. Often grows together with other cushion plants.

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

General Notes

Difficult to maintain in cultivation, requiring constantly moist cool growing conditions.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Cuttings, Division

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Propagated from seed, cuttings or division.

Cutting & Division Information

Can be propagated from cuttings.