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Scientific Name
Sarcocornia blackiana
Family Name
CHENOPODIACEAE
Common Name
Thickhead Glasswort
Status
Height
8-20cm
Flowers
Flowers do not have petals, but the white styles and stigmas are visible. Flowers are borne in fleshy spikes throughout most of the year.
Fruit
Form
Undershrub with horizontal, rooting stems and numerous, erect, segmented and fleshy branches which have a blue-green waxy coating.
Municipalities
Central Coast; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; King Island
Communities
Habitat Notes
Grows in saltmarshes with S. quinqueflora, but less abundant, and usually on higher ground.
Site Tolerance
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
General Notes
Propagate by seed, cuttings or division. Division is more reliable but often establishment is slow. Cuttings need regular watering, and advanced plants can be watered with diluted seawater. Important food plant for migratory birds. The Tasmanian Sarcocornia species are often parasitised by gall-gnats, which cause segments or short branches to become grow and turn bright red. 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
Egg-shaped and somewhat flattened.
Seed Treatment Method
Soaking
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Soaking seed in water for 8-12 hours, changing water 2-3 times may improve results
Germination Time
Suitable for Direct Seeding
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
slow to take root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Yes
Cutting Notes
Cuttings are slow and not always successful.
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