Scientific Name: Argyrotegium poliochlorum
Common Name: greygreen cottonleaf
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Asteraceae
Threatened Species Status: Rare
Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.
Form Description: Perennial herb with slender creeping stems bearing short leafy branches; stems 5-10cm long.
Flowers: Usually 3 in a terminal cluster, compact at first but loosening in the fruiting stage.
Fruit: Achene with pappus bristles in ring at base.
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Habitat Notes
Local in acid, waterlogged soil between tussocks of button grass in alpine and sub-alpine heaths.
Site Tolerance
Waterlogged
Soil Tolerance
Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained
Propagation Calendar
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Collection
When seed is mature achenes loosen in centre of the head which develops a fluffy appearance. Collect entire seed heads in paper bags and allow to dry.
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