Scientific Name: Centipeda elatinoides
Common Name: spreading sneezeweed
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Asteraceae
Form Description: Prostrate or spreading annual herb (or short-lived perennial); aromatic.
Height (m): 0.05 – 0.25
Flowers: Flower heads yellowish to greenish/white.
Fruit: Achene – enclosed in tight half-circle.
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Habitat Notes
Local in hollows subject to flooding.
Site Tolerance
Moist, Waterlogged
Soil Tolerance
Clay, Fertile, Loam, Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained, Sandy, Well-drained
General Notes
Semi aquatic. Grows in a variety of soil types and habitats. In nature it does not last long in one place but in cultivation if watered will survive much longer. Could be useful in rockeries or as a colonizer of bare soils in inland regions.
Propagation Calendar
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Seed heads turn from green to brownish when ripe. Seed turns from green to creamy yellow-green when mature.
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
Surface sow or lightly cover.
Germination Time
2-4 weeks
Cutting & Division Information
May be propagated from cuttings which strike readily.