Basic Information Common Name: Mountain AsteliaScientific Name: Astelia linearisNative Habitat: New Zealand (mountainous and subalpine areas, bogs, wet grasslands, shrublands, forests), Tasmania History / Discovery / Cultivator Astelia linearis, commonly known as Mountain Astelia, is a fascinating member of the Asteliaceae family, a small group of

Basic Information Common Name: Astelia alpinaScientific Name: Astelia alpinaNative Habitat: Alpine and sub-alpine areas of eastern Australia (New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania) and New Zealand. Found in moist, peaty soils near bogs, streams, or in rocky crevices, often in exposed conditions. History / Discovery / Cultivator The genus Astelia belo

Basic Information Common Name: Astelia subulataScientific Name: Astelia subulataNative Habitat: New Zealand (primarily the South Island), found in subalpine to alpine regions, often on rocks, cliffs, and tussockland. History / Discovery / Cultivator The genus Astelia is a fascinating group of perennial herbs belonging to the Asteliaceae family, wit

Basic Information Common Name: Astelia hemichrysa Scientific Name: Astelia hemichrysa Native Habitat: Macaronesia, specifically the Canary Islands and Madeira. History / Discovery / Cultivator The genus Astelia belongs to the family Asteliaceae, a small family primarily found across the Southern Hemisphere, including Australia, New Zealand, New Gui

Basic Information Common Name: Astelia solandriScientific Name: Astelia solandriNative Habitat: New Zealand (primarily North Island and upper South Island), often growing epiphytically on trees in damp forests, but also found terrestrially on banks and cliffs. History / Discovery / Cultivator The genus Astelia belongs to the plant family Asteliacea

Basic Information Common Name: Astelia skottsbergii Scientific Name: Astelia skottsbergii Native Habitat: Endemic to the Juan Fernández Islands (specifically Robinson Crusoe Island and Santa Clara Island) off the coast of Chile. It typically grows in humid forest undergrowth, coastal scrub, and rocky areas at lower altitudes. History / Discovery /

Basic Information Common Name: Astelia trinervia Scientific Name: Astelia trinervia Native Habitat: New Zealand (primarily North Island, also parts of the South Island) in diverse forest and scrub environments, often found growing terrestrially or epiphytically on trees, particularly in humid, shaded conditions. History / Discovery / Cultivator The

Basic Information Common Name: Astelia nivicola Scientific Name: Astelia nivicola Native Habitat: High altitude grasslands and open rocky areas in the mountains of the South Island of New Zealand. Specifically found in alpine and subalpine zones, often among rocks, in herbfields, or moist tussock grasslands. History / Discovery / Cultivator The gen

Basic Information Common Name: Astelia papuana Scientific Name: Astelia papuana Native Habitat: Papua New Guinea (primarily mountain forests and grasslands) History / Discovery / Cultivator The genus Astelia belongs to the family Asteliaceae and comprises perennial, rhizomatous or stoloniferous herbaceous plants, often epiphytic or terrestrial, dis

Basic Information Common Name: Astelia psychrocharis Scientific Name: Astelia psychrocharis Native Habitat: High alpine regions of New Zealand, particularly the South Island mountains, growing in exposed, rocky, wet, and tussocky areas. History / Discovery / Cultivator The genus *Astelia* is a fascinating group of plants belonging to the Asteliacea