 New Zealand has only a few alpine gerena among all the alpines genera and usually they are the less notable members, except for "Raoulia".The light-coloured cushions of the true vegetable sheep can be found on the drier fellfiels located on the east of the Southern Alps, between north Otago and southern Nelson-Marlborough, from mid-Canterbury to north Otago  and in the S. Subalpine to alpine rocky ground and fellfield from lat.41 to 45 30’.