Scientific Name: Raoulia australis
Common Name: scab plant, scabwort, common mat daisy
Family Name: Asteraceae
Origin: Australia / New Zealand
Hardiness Zone: Zone 8a: (-12 to -9.5 °C)
Plant Type: Broadleaf evergreen, Ground cover
Mature Size: < 0.1m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Horizontal, Spreading
Form: Creeping / Mat-like
Texture: Fine
Landscape Uses: Alpine, Ground cover
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Scale-like, Alternate, Imbricate, Leathery, Glabrous, Rhomboidal, Entire
Flowers: Head (capitulum), Yellow, Jun-Jul-Aug
Fruit: Achene, Brown
Key ID Features:
A flat carpet of lead-grey foliage that creeps along between and over small rocks.