Family Index

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Scientific Name

Sebaea albidiflora

Family Name

GENTIANACEAE

Common Name

White Sebaea

Status

Height

2-15cm

Flowers

White or cream, cylindrical floral tube with four petals and blunt sepals. Occur in dense terminal flowerheads.

Fruit

Capsule

Form

Annual, hairless, somewhat fleshy herb with an erect stem and leaves 3-10mm long, in opposite pairs.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Brighton; Burnie; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Hobart; Latrobe; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Tasman

Communities

Habitat Notes

Coastal, in sandy soil and on the landward edges of saltmarshes.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Grown from seed. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

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Jul

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Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

Feb

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Jul

Aug

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Small and numerous. Capsule is 4-5mm long.

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