Psychrophyton
| Vegetable sheep | |
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| Raoulia glabra | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Gnaphalieae |
| Genus: |
Raoulia Hook.f. ex Raoul |
| Type species | |
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Raoulia australis Hook.f. ex Raoul |
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Raoulia is a genus of New Zealand plants in the pussy's-toes tribe within the daisy family.
Raoulia grow in alpine areas, forming very fine and dense growths. These compact growths form large amorphous cushion-like masses with only the growing tips visible. Due to their shape and form, the plant clusters resemble sheep from afar, this giving them their alternate name, vegetable sheep.
see Argyrotegium
Slow spreading, flat rock garden plant with silver-gray, almost moss-like, foliage.
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