Raoulia hookeri
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Raoulia hookeri, also called scabweed and mat daisy, is a species of mat-forming plant.{{cite web |title=Scabweed mat daisy (Raoulia hookeri) |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/405638-Raoulia-hookeri |website=iNaturalist |access-date=2024-08-13 |language=en-US}}
Description
Distribution and habitat
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Raoulia hookeri grows on both the North Island and the South Island of New Zealand. It can be found in montane to subalpine areas, particularly places of open ground such as grasslands and herbfields.{{Cite book |last=Eadie |first=Fiona |title=100 best native plants for New Zealand gardens |date=2014 |publisher=Random House New Zealand |isbn=9781775536512 |edition=Revised |pages=385-387 |language=en}}
Etymology
Raoulia was named after Étienne Raoul (1815–1852), a French naval surgeon and naturalist. The specific epithet hookeri was named after Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911), who travelled under James Clark Ross in the Ross expedition and wrote a book on New Zealand flora.{{cite web |url=https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/raoulia-hookeri-var-hookeri/ |title=Raoulia hookeri var. hookeri|website=New Zealand Plant Conservation Network |access-date=13 August 2024}}
Taxonomy
Raoulia hookeri contains the following varieties:
- Raoulia hookeri var. albosericea{{cite web |title=Volcanic Plateau Raoulia (Raoulia albosericea) |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/366776-Raoulia-albosericea |website=iNaturalist |access-date=2024-08-13 |language=en-US}}
- Raoulia hookeri var. hookeri
- Raoulia hookeri var. laxa
- Raoulia hookeri var. Makara
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