Mat-forming perennial of the Asteraceae family, native to New Zealand, where it colonizes open rocky terrains, gravel, riverbanks, and draining grassy slopes of the two main islands, from low altitudes to the subalpine zone.
It forms an extremely dense and compact mat, with a bright vivid green, barely elevated above the ground, composed of small narrow leaves, glabrous or nearly so, tightly packed along creeping stems. This bright green foliage distinctly sets it apart from other Raoulia with silvery or grayish habits, giving it a more vegetative, almost mossy appearance.
The capitula are solitary, borne directly on the mat, white to cream-white with a tawny brown center. Their scarious bracts, arranged in several radiating rows, give them an almost double appearance, significantly fuller and more star-like than most other species of the genus. After flowering, the woolly and fluffy pure white fruiting bodies momentarily cover the cushion with a particularly striking cottony veil. In its natural habitat, it blooms from November to January; in cultivation in the northern hemisphere, it generally occurs from May to July.
It requires very well-drained, poor soil, in full light, and poorly tolerates stagnant winter moisture. Cultivation in open rock gardens or troughs remains the most suitable under European climates. It is considered one of the most accessible Raoulia in cultivation.