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Scientific Name

Bedfordia linearis

Family Name

ASTERACEAE (COMPOSITAE)

Common Name

Slender Blanket Leaf

Status

Height

1.5m - 3.0m (150-300cm)

Flowers

Golden yellow, white-stalked, one or two in each axil of leaves near the ends of branches.

Fruit

Achenes

Form

Shrub or small tree

Municipalities

Communities

Wet Eucalypt Forest

Habitat Notes

Tas. endemic. Widespread in wet eucalypt forests and on well drained rocky hillsides, on the central plateau, in the islands of Bass Strait and in S.E. Tasmania. Intergrades with B salicina on drier rocky slopes on dolerite.

Site Tolerance

Dry; Exposed; Moist; Rocky; Shady; Windy

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Soil Tolerance

Clay; Fertile; Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Well-drained

General Notes

Resistant to Phytophthora cinnamomi. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

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Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

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May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

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Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

an achene with long white parachutebristles. collect dried seed-heads into paper bags

Seed Treatment Method

Standard

Seed Storage Life

Short

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Seed handling involves breaking up seedheads, winnowing and sieving. Seed has low viability and should be sown thickly and lightly covered.

Germination Time

2-4 weeks

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Cutting Notes

Very difficult to propagate from cuttings.