Re: Unknown plant

Hi, Ryans,

My best guess is Montanoa.  There are quite a few species, though none that
I know of sound anything like "netal" which suggests "natal" (Africa).
Montanoas are from Mexico and Central America, have big soft leaves which
can be aromatic.  Cathy

> From: Tony and Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
> Reply-To: theryans@xtra.co.nz
> Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 11:12:20 +1300
> To: Mediterannean Plants List <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
> Subject: Re: Unknown plant
> 
>> wim van putten wrote:
>> 
>> I just bought a shrub, which seems to have white daisylike flowers.
>> The name given to me was mougaveta netal.I cannot find this name
>> anywhere. It probably is spelled wrong. Any suggestions
>> Thanks
> Wim 
> I agree this name is most likely a distortion, but what of I cannot even
> begin to guess. Shrubs with daisy-like flowers, sometimes white, are
> common in the floras of all the southern continents and also in NZ. A
> lot belong to Senechio and others to related species such as
> Brachyglottis, and this is where you might find your plant illustrated.
> If you could somehow provide a picture, perhaps we could be more
> helpful, but at last I think it would need a description of the foliage
> and growth habit to even begin to track it down.
> 
> Moira
> 
> -- 
> Tony & Moira Ryan,
> Wainuiomata, North Island, NZ.     Pictures of our garden at:-
> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/cherie1/Garden/TonyandMoira/index.htm
>
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