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Scientific Name

Sebaea ovata

Family Name

GENTIANACEAE

Common Name

Yellow Sebaea

Status

Height

3-25cm

Flowers

Yellow floral tube, 4mm long with five petals, and acute sepals.

Fruit

Capsule

Form

Annual, hairless herb with an erect, 4-angled stem, and leaves 6-15mm long, in opposite pairs.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Brighton; Burnie; Central Highlands; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Habitat Notes

Widespread, in pastures, on roadside banks and grass hillsides.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Grown from seed. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Seed Collecting Months

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Sowing Months

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Cutting Months

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Seed Information

Seed Collection

Small and numerous. Capsule is 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