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New Zealand · Nature & Wildlife · Hard
What is the common name of the daisy species Raoulia australis, which grows as a dense, low mat of tiny grey-green leaves on rocky ground and is known for its bizarre ability to grow over and around stones?
Answer: Vegetable sheep — Vegetable sheep (Raoulia) is a genus of alpine cushion plants that form large, woolly, greyish mounds resembling sheep from a distance; early explorers supposedly tried to eat them, thinking they were actual animals from afar.
- A Alpine cushion plant
- B Vegetable sheep ✓
- C Mountain daisy
- D Rock cress
Vegetable sheep (Raoulia) is a genus of alpine cushion plants that form large, woolly, greyish mounds resembling sheep from a distance; early explorers supposedly tried to eat them, thinking they were actual animals from afar.