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Image Credit: Anna Povey – with permission
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Image Credit: Anna Povey – with permission
Scientific Name: Allittia cardiocarpa
Common Name: swamp daisy
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Asteraceae
Form Description: Small, tufted perennial with dark green or purplish, grass-like leaves in a rosette.
Height (m): 0.05 – 0.3
Flowers: Flower heads about 4cm across with white or blue florets.
Fruit: Achene
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Habitat Notes
Widespread and frequent in swamps.
Site Tolerance
Moist, Waterlogged
Soil Tolerance
Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained
General Notes
A very handsome specimen well worth cultivating. Best cultivated as a bog plant or in a pot with the base submerged in water. Prefers a sunny aspect.
Propagation Calendar
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Cutting Month
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Collection is difficult as only a small amount of seed is ripe at any one time. Seed is a tan-brown and releases easily from the small seed heads when ripe. Collect heads, dry and extract unreleased seed by hand.
Seed Treatment Method
Bog Method The seeds of many wetland species need to be kept wet to germinate. Punch a hole in the side of a recycled polyfoam box so that it holds water to the required depth. Sit the tubes in the box to germinate. Once germinated, punch holes in the bottom of the box to allow drainage.
Seed Storage Life
Short
Seed Treatment Notes
Success from seed has been varied, fresh seed is vital. Surface sow. Best cultivated as a bog plant or in a pot with the base submerged in water. Prefers a sunny aspect.
Germination Time
2-7 weeks