Family Index

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Scientific Name

Actinotus suffocatus

Family Name

APIACEAE (UMBELLIFERAE)

Common Name

Crimson Umbellifer

Status

Height

Flowers

Terminal group of 5-10 white flowers at end of an erect stem emerging from centre of rosette.

Fruit

Woody capsule

Form

Small perennial rosette herb with long, rhizome-bearing roots; forms dense mats.

Municipalities

Communities

Grassy Vegetation; Montane Vegetation; Sedgeland and Wetland

Habitat Notes

Locally frequent on western mountains, in wet ground, at the margins of lakes or tarns.

Site Tolerance

Moist; Waterlogged

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Soil Tolerance

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

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

Small dense mature heads contain tightly packed seed

Seed Treatment Method

Smoke

Seed Storage Life

Short

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Very slow to germinate, unless seed is very fresh. cover seed lightly with sand. Seedlings are quick-growing. Sow seed thickly as there are frequently numerous infertile seeds.

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.

Cutting Notes