Family Index

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Scientific Name

Oreomyrrhis gunnii

Family Name

APIACEAE (UMBELLIFERAE)

Common Name

Limestone Caraway

Status

Rare

Height

Flowers

10-25 flowers producing fruit which is broadest in the middle and 4-5mm long.

Fruit

Form

Perennial herb with a slender taproot and lobed leaves arranged in a basal rosette. Leaves 1-9cm long and 0.5-3cm wide, and divided into leaflets with scattered spreading hairs.

Municipalities

Central Highlands; Derwent Valley; West Coast

Communities

Habitat Notes

Known only from the type collection from limestone cliffs of the Gordon River, Macquarie Harbour.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

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

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Oct

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Dec

Seed Collecting Months

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Oct

Nov

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Sowing Months

Jan

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Oct

Nov

Dec

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