Family Index

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Scientific Name

Oreomyrrhis ciliata

Family Name

APIACEAE (UMBELLIFERAE)

Common Name

Fringed Caraway

Status

Height

Flowers

5-25 flowers with erect white petals, and brownish-crimson anthers. Fruit is 2.5-5mm long and egg-shaped.

Fruit

Form

Perennial herb with a slender taproot and lobed leaves arranged in a rosette.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Central Highlands; Dorset; Kentish; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast

Communities

Habitat Notes

Local on mountains on the northern and western Central Plateau, in damp places or growing on cushion plants.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Propagate from seed. From the same family as parsley, fennel, dill, coriander, cumin and caraway. 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

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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

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