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Scientific Name

Xanthosia tasmanica

Family Name

APIACEAE (UMBELLIFERAE)

Common Name

Small Crossherb

Status

Height

Flowers

Fruit

Form

Small, tufted plant with coarse, rigid hairs, a taproot and many slender, trailing branches. Leaves are alternate and up to 12mm long, and are hairy both sides.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Clarence; Flinders Island; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; Kingborough; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard

Communities

Habitat Notes

Occasional in sandy coastal heaths in the north, north-east and east.

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