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Image Credit: Anna Povey – with permission
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Image Credit: Anna Povey – with permission
Scientific Name: Coronidium scorpioides
Common Name: curling everlasting
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Asteraceae
Form Description: Perennial herb, branches often tufted.
Height (m): 0.1 – 0.4
Flowers: Yellow paper daisy alone on a stem arising from a rosette of pale leaves with loose hairs.
Fruit: Achene with pappus bristles slender, minutely hooked.
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Habitat Notes
Common at most altitudes but less so in the shady understorey of the denser forests. Particularly prominent after fires.
Site Tolerance
Dry, Moist, Shady
Soil Tolerance
Clay, Fertile, Loam, Well-drained
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
General Notes
Can be very invasive in the well-watered conditions of a suburban garden. Flowering time depends on altitude – spring at lower altitudes, summer higher up.
Propagation Calendar
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Cutting Month
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Seed easily collected. When seed is mature achenes loosen in centre of the seed head which appears fluffy. Collect entire seed heads in paper bags and allow to dry.
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
Sieve to clean seed. Seed heads are prone to insect attack and should be dusted with an insecticide. Most species have a two month dormancy. Surface sow. Seed easily germinated.
Germination Time
2-4 weeks
Cutting & Division Information
Spreads by rhizomes. May be propagated from cuttings or by division of creeping rootstock.