Family Index

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Scientific Name

Limonium australe

Family Name

PLUMBAGINACEAE

Common Name

Sea Lavender

Status

Rare

Height

50cm

Flowers

Many small yellow flowers produced on 50cm tall flowering stems. Papery white or pink calyxes persist after flowering.

Fruit

Form

Robust rosette herb with a strong root, wide leaves up to 6cm long.

Municipalities

Burnie; Central Coast; Clarence; Devonport; Georgetown; Latrobe; Launceston; Sorell

Communities

Habitat Notes

Occurs on the seaward edge of salt marshes

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Grown from seed. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Seed Collecting Months

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Sowing Months

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Oct

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Cutting Months

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Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

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