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Scientific Name
Ewartia catipes
Family Name
ASTERACEAE (COMPOSITAE)
Common Name
Ewartia
Status
Height
Flowers
Flowerheads daisylike c0.5cm across, white ray-florets, white to crimson/rusty brown centre centres c
Fruit
Achenes
Form
Perennial herb forming loose mats with many branches decumbent or ascending.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Central Highlands; Derwent Valley; Glenorchy; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; West Coast
Communities
Grassy Vegetation; Montane Vegetation
Habitat Notes
Tas. endemic. Local in exposed places on mountains of the west and of the central plateau. Also found in the eastern mountains.
Site Tolerance
Exposed; Moist; Rocky; Windy
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
Soil Tolerance
Fertile; Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Well-drained
General Notes
Has been grown in the ground or as a container plant with limited success. Needs plenty of sunshine and very well drained soils. Tip pruning from an early stage helps keep plants compact. If grown in shade plants can suffer dieback. 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
Achenes with downy hairs and pappus bristles slightly thickened towards the tip. sometimes free, sometimes joined and falling in small groups
Seed Treatment Method
Surface sow
Seed Storage Life
Short
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Germination Time
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
Usually propagated from cuttings or by division of layered stems.For best results with Daisies generally, surface sowing allows maximum light to trigger germination.
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