Scientific Name: Actinotus bellidioides

Common Name: tiny flannelflower

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Apiaceae

Form Description: Small, tufted rosette herb.

Flowers: Small, inconspicuous flowers; small, linear petals may be present.

Fruit: Woody capsule

Municipality
BurnieCentral HighlandsDerwent ValleyHuon ValleyKentishMeander ValleyWaratah-WynyardWest Coast
Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine VegetationSedgeland and WetlandWet Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes

Locally frequent in the west in wet peaty soil on mountains, and at sea level in the west and south-west.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Fertile, Loam, Nutrient-poor, Well-drained

General Notes

Grows in boggy areas/ buttongrass plains.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Impractical Propagation material is too difficult to collect or conditions for propagation or cultivation are too specialized.

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Small dense mature heads contain tightly packed seed.

Seed Treatment Method

Smoke Smoke treatment improves germination in some species. Smokey products, e.g. smokey vermiculite, can be purchased and applied to the sown seed, or sown seeds can be treated directly with smoke from a source such as a drum with a fire and hose.

Seed Storage Life

1-2 weeks

Seed Treatment Notes

Very slow to germinate, unless seed is very fresh. Cover seed lightly with sand. Seedlings are quick-growing. Sow seed thickly as there are frequently numerous infertile seeds.

Germination Time

1 week-1 year