Scientific Name: Bedfordia linearis subsp. linearis Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region
Common Name: slender blanketleaf
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Asteraceae
Form Description: Shrub or small tree.
Height (m): 1.5 – 3
Flowers: Golden yellow, white-stalked, one or two in each axil of leaves near the ends of branches.
Fruit: Achene with long white parachute bristles.
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Habitat Notes
Widespread in wet eucalypt forests and on well drained rocky hillsides, on the Central Plateau, in the islands of Bass Strait and in south-west Tasmania. Intergrades with Bedfordia salicina on drier rocky slopes on dolerite.
Site Tolerance
Dry, Exposed, Moist, Rocky, Shady, Windy
Soil Tolerance
Nutrient-poor, Clay, Fertile, Loam, Well-drained
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
General Notes
Resistant to Phytophthora cinnamomi.
Propagation Calendar
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Collect dried seed heads into paper bags. Seed handling involves breaking up seed heads, winnowing and sieving.
Seed Treatment Method
Standard Scatter seed thinly on to damp potting mix. Hold seed in place by covering with more potting mix to approximately the depth of the seed size.
Seed Storage Life
Short
Seed Treatment Notes
Seed has low viability and should be sown thickly and lightly covered.
Germination Time
2-4 weeks
Cutting & Division Information
Very difficult to propagate from cuttings.