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Scientific Name

Leptinella filicula

Family Name

ASTERACEAE (COMPOSITAE)

Common Name

Mountain Cotula

Status

Height

Flowers

Daisy flower about 6mm in dia. without rays but with minute greenish-yellow tube florets.

Fruit

Achenes

Form

Very small creeping herb, stout and fleshy.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Hobart; Huon Valley; Launceston; Meander Valley; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast

Communities

Montane Vegetation; Rainforest

Habitat Notes

Frequent on mountain summits and in rainforests at lower altitudes.

Site Tolerance

Exposed; Moist; Rocky; Windy

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Soil Tolerance

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

General Notes

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

Seeds small with short wings and no pappus. colle ct entire seedheads into paper bags and allow to dry. do not collect in wet weather. rub seedheads on fine wire screens or break up by hand to extract seed. sieve to clean

Seed Treatment Method

Surface sow

Seed Storage Life

Short

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

For best results with Daisies generally, surface sowing allows maximum light to trigger germination.

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

Usually propagated from cuttings or by division.