Scientific Name: Chrysocephalum apiculatum subsp. apiculatum

Common Name: common everlasting

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Asteraceae

Form Description: Perennial herb

Height (m): 0.1 – 0.5

Flowers: Yellow everlasting daisy with branched clusters of many small flower heads.

Fruit: Achene with a feathery pappus, bristles often yellow with a few long hairs at the tip.

Municipality
Break O’DayBrightonBurnieCentral HighlandsClarenceDerwent ValleyDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayGlenorchyHobartKing IslandKingboroughLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSorellSouthern MidlandsTasmanWest Coast
Plant Communities
Dry Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes

Widespread and frequent.

Site Tolerance

Dry, Exposed, Rocky, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Clay, Loam, Nutrient-poor, Sandy, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Propagation Calendar

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

Seed Information

Seed Collection

When seed is mature the achenes loosen in the middle of the seed head and seed heads become fluffy.

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

Many years

Seed Treatment Notes

Some species have an after-ripening period. Surface sow. Capillary watering is recommended. Some genera have been used with some success for direct seeding. Damps off easily.

Germination Time

2-4weeks

Cutting & Division Information

Easily grown from cuttings. Propagating by division – divides well, cut back foliage first.