Family Index

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Scientific Name

Plantago bellidioides

Family Name

PLANTAGINACEAE

Common Name

Herbfield Plantain

Status

Height

Flowers

Flowers are green or thin, dry and translucent, and usually borne in cylindrical spikes, on erect flowering stems which are longer than the leaves. Flowers during the first year.

Fruit

Capsule

Form

Perennial herb with a long, slender taproot, and flat leaves which are intermingled with brownish silky hairs spreading in a basal rosette.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Dorset; Flinders Island; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; King Island; Latrobe; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast

Communities

Habitat Notes

Tasmanian endemic. Sandy places near the East, West and North West coasts.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Grown from seed. Surface sow as light may increase germination. May have an after-ripening period. May be successful in direct seeding. 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

Capsule opens by a lid.

Seed Treatment Method

Surface sow

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Yes

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