Donatia novae-zelandiae is a species of mat-forming cushion plant, found only in New Zealand and Tasmania. Common names can include New Zealand cushion or snow cushion, however snow cushion also refers to Iberis sempervirens. Donatia novae-zelandiae forms dense spirals of thick, leathery leaves, creating a hardy plant that typically exists in alpine and subalpine bioclimatic zones.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of New Zealand Cushion being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Dracophyllum minimum
- Werneria humilis
- Donatia fascicularis
- Phyllachne colensoi
- Kelleria childii
- Abrotanella forsteroides
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Stylidiaceae
- Genus
- Donatia
- Species
- Donatia novae-zelandiae
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