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Scientific Name
Erigeron gunnii
Family Name
ASTERACEAE (COMPOSITAE)
Common Name
Gunn's Alpine Fleabane
Status
Height
Flowers
White to purple, terminal floweheads.
Fruit
Achenes
Form
Rosette herb with wedge-shaped leaves, serrated near the ends.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Central Highlands; Derwent Valley; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast
Communities
Grassy Vegetation; Heath; Montane Vegetation
Habitat Notes
Tas. endemic. Found in grassland and heath in the central and eastern mountains.
Site Tolerance
Exposed; Moist; Windy
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
Fertile; Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Well-drained
General Notes
Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
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Seed Collecting Months
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Sowing Months
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Cutting Months
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Seed Information
Seed Collection
Fruit, achenes, flattened with pappus of capillary bristles
Seed Treatment Method
Standard
Seed Storage Life
Short
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
May be grown from seed.
Germination Time
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.
Yes
Cutting Notes
Also propagated from cuttings.
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