Scientific Name: Angianthus preissianus

Common Name: salt cupflower

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Asteraceae

Form Description: Annual herb, usually with many slender, wiry stems spreading from base.

Flowers: In clusters forming compound heads each surrounded by downy leaves.

Fruit: Achene covered with tiny protuberances and with the pappus ring-shaped and very finely toothed.

Municipality
BurnieClarenceDerwent ValleyDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayLatrobeNorthern MidlandsTasmanWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Coastal Vegetation
Habitat Notes

Sandy flats near the coast, especially in the north and in the islands of Bass Strait.

Site Tolerance

Dry, Moist, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Nutrient-poor, Sandy, Well-drained

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
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  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
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  • Cutting Month
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Propagation Method
Seed

Seed Information

Seed Treatment Method

Surface Sow Sow seed finely on the surface of the potting mix and cover with just enough mix to hold the seed on the surface when watered.

Seed Storage Life

Short

Seed Treatment Notes

Requires light for germination.