ROSACEAE

Buzzy, Bidgee-widgee

 

0.4m (40cm) 

Many small green or purplish flowers in dense spherical heads which dry to reddish burrs. 

Achenes 

Creeping herb with spreading branches that give rise to short erect flowering branches 

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; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar 

Grassy Vegetation; Heath; Montane Vegetation; Sedgeland and Wetland 

Most common in the eastern mountains; abundant at all altitudes from sea level to over 1000m 

Moist; Waterlogged 

Hardy 

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

Leaves have been used as tea substitute. Suitable below powerlines. 

Prickly clusters of seed turn from green to greyish brown when mature. individual seeds are easily released when ripe. collect by hand 

Standard 

 

 

Seed usually has good results without treatment. 

 

 

 

 

 

Propagate from cuttings.