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Scientific Name

Xanthosia dissecta

Family Name

APIACEAE (UMBELLIFERAE)

Common Name

Cutleaf Crossherb

Status

Height

Flowers

2-7 flowers per umbel.

Fruit

Form

Small undershrub with a woody, short rootstock. Leaves usually hairless, alternate, and divided into 3 lobes, each of which is further divided into 3 or more segments.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Derwent Valley; Devonport; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Habitat Notes

Widespread and locally frequent in wet heaths.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Usually grown from cuttings, very difficult to grow from seed. 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

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