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Scientific Name

Xanthosia tridentata

Family Name

APIACEAE (UMBELLIFERAE)

Common Name

Hill Xanthosia

Status

Height

Flowers

1-3 flowers per umbel, with narrow, erect petals.

Fruit

Form

Small shrub with a short, erect stem, and 10-20cm long, slender spreading branches. Younger parts have scattered hairs.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Circular Head; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; King Island; Northern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Tamar

Communities

Habitat Notes

Occasional in sandy coastal heaths in the east and north-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