ASTERACEAE (COMPOSITAE)

Showy Podolepis, Showy Copper-wire Daisy

 

0.3m - 0.8m (30-80cm) 

Daisy-like flowers, solitary or few heads per group. Ray floretsbright yellow; disc, yellow. 

Achenes 

Herbaceous subshrub with perennial rootstock. 

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Dorset; Flinders Island; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Kentish; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; Waratah-Wynyard 

Dry Eucalypt Forest and Woodland; Grassy Vegetation 

Widespread and locally frequent from sea level to mountain summits. Tolerate most frosts. 

Dry; Exposed; Moist; Rocky; Windy 

Hardy 

Clay; Fertile; Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Sandy; Well-drained 

Roots are edible and were used by early European settlers and Aborigines. Has excellent potential as a plant for borders, containers and floral displays. Plants tolerate extended dry periods but respond very well to extra watering. Suitable below powerlines. 

Collect seed when achenes loosen in the centre of the seedhead and heads deveop a fluffy appearance. extract by rubbing on fine wire screens or by hand. sieve to clean 

Surface sow 

Short 

 

May have low viability. 

2-4 weeks 

No 

 

 

Yes