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Scientific Name

Oschatzia saxifraga

Family Name

APIACEAE (UMBELLIFERAE)

Common Name

Tasmanian Oschatzia

Status

Height

5-15cm

Flowers

Flower stalks erect and bearing 1-6 flowers of about 5mm diameter, with white or pink-tinged petals. Produces 4mm long, egg-shaped fruit.

Fruit

Form

Small, hairless, perennial herb, with a rosette of lobed leaves about 8mm long growing from the root.

Municipalities

Burnie; Derwent Valley; Huon Valley; Kentish; West Coast

Communities

Habitat Notes

Occasional in wet peaty heaths in the west and south-west.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

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Sowing Months

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Cutting Months

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Seed Information

Seed Collection

Seed Treatment Method

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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