Scientific Name: Actinotus suffocatus Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region

Common Name: crimson flannelflower

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Apiaceae

Form Description: Small perennial rosette herb with long, rhizome-bearing roots; forms dense mats.

Flowers: Terminal group of 5-10 white flowers at end of an erect stem emerging from centre of rosette.

Fruit: Woody capsule

Municipality
No data available for this species
Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine VegetationSedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes

Locally frequent on western mountains, in wet ground, at the margins of lakes or tarns.

Site Tolerance

Moist, Waterlogged

Soil Tolerance

Fertile, Loam, Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

General Notes

Grows in boggy alpine herbfields.

Propagation Calendar

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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

Short

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.