Family Index

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Scientific Name

Leptinella longipes

Family Name

ASTERACEAE (COMPOSITAE)

Common Name

Long Cotula

Status

Height

Flowers

Flowerheads solitary, terminal on stems about as long as the leaves. Florets greenish-yellow.

Fruit

Achenes

Form

Perennial herb with creeping hairless stems and erect leaves.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; King Island; Kingborough; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Sedgeland and Wetland

Habitat Notes

Locally frequent in brackish and saline swamps.

Site Tolerance

Waterlogged

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Poorly-drained; Sandy; Brackish

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

Achenes angled with thick spongy wings but with fewer hairs than l. reptans.colle ct seed heads into paper bags and allow to dry. do not collect when wet. rub seedheads on fine wire screens or break up by hand. sieve to clean

Seed Treatment Method

Standard

Seed Storage Life

Short

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Grown from seed which should be sown fresh and is very quick to germinate.

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

Also grown from cuttings.