Communities

Scientific Name

Bedfordia salicina

Family Name

ASTERACEAE (COMPOSITAE)

Common Name

Tasmanian Blanket Leaf

Status

Height

2.0m - 5.0m (200-500cm)

Flowers

Yellow, 5-25 or more in dense clusters in the axils of the leaves.

Fruit

Achenes

Form

Shrub or small tree

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Brighton; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Devonport; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Coastal Vegetation; Dry Eucalypt Forest and Woodland; Wet Eucalypt Forest

Habitat Notes

Tas. endemic. Widespread in the understorey of tall eucalypt forest. It also forms a dense scrub on cliffs in areas of high rainfall and in gullies and extends into subalpine eucalypt forest. Is also found on dry, rocky sites on dolerite.

Site Tolerance

Dry; Moist; Rocky; Shady

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Soil Tolerance

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

General Notes

Resistant to Phytophthora cinnamomi. Not suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Seed Collecting Months

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Nov

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Sowing Months

Jan

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Oct

Nov

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Cutting Months

Jan

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Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Long cylindrical achenes with pappus bristles finely toothed

Seed Treatment Method

Standard

Seed Storage Life

Short

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Seed has low viability and should be sown thickly and lightly covered. Seed handling involves breaking up the seed heads and sieving.

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

Difficult to grow from cuttings.