Family Index

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Scientific Name

Frankenia pauciflora

Family Name

FRANKENIACEAE

Common Name

Sea Heath

Status

Rare

Height

0.3m - 0.9m (30-90cm)

Flowers

Terminal leafy clusters, without stalks, in forks of branches 5-6 petals,pink or white.

Fruit

Capsule

Form

Small much-branched undershrub, prostrate or ascending, almost hairless.

Municipalities

Communities

Coastal Vegetation

Habitat Notes

In salt ground on the north coast and islands of Bass Strait.

Site Tolerance

Exposed; Moist

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

Salty

General Notes

Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Oct

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Dec

Seed Collecting Months

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Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

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Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

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Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Fruit, a capsule opening by valves. one brown seed per fruit with a pappus-like attachment to 2mm. seed separates easily. cut branches containing nearly maturefruitand dry fully in a warm position

Seed Treatment Method

Standard

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

May be grown from seed but some species have low 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.

Cutting Notes

May also be grown from cuttings.