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Scientific Name
Brachyscome angustifolia
Family Name
ASTERACEAE (COMPOSITAE)
Common Name
Stiff Daisy
Status
Height
0.1m - 0.3m (10-30cm)
Flowers
Flower-heads up to 2cm with numerous pink, mauve or blue ray florets. Flowers sporadically.
Fruit
Achenes
Form
Small, tufted or spreading much branched perennial.
Municipalities
Burnie; Central Highlands; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Northern Midlands; Waratah-Wynyard
Communities
Wet Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes
Widespread in open forest from sea-level to sub-alpine often in swampy situations. Locally frequent in wet sandy and grassy places on the central plateau.
Site Tolerance
Moist; Waterlogged
Frost Tolerance
Moderate
Soil Tolerance
Fertile; Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Poorly-drained; Sandy; Well-drained
General Notes
Does not like to dry out although it can be successfully grown in a partially protected situation. Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Collecting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Sowing Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Cutting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Collection is difficult as only a small amount of seed is ripe at any one time. seed is a tanbrown and releases easily from the small seed heads when ripe. collect heads, dry and extract unreleased seed by hand
Seed Treatment Method
Bog method
Seed Storage Life
Short
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Flowering times are sporadic. Success from seed has been varied, fresh seed is vital. Surface sow. Best cultivated as a bog plant or in a pot with the base submerged in water. Transplants easily.
Germination Time
2-7 weeks
Suitable for Direct Seeding
No
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Yes
Cutting Notes
May also be grown from stem cuttings or by division of clumps.
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