Scientific Name: Craspedia paludicola

Common Name: swamp billybuttons

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: Green rosette herb with some leaves on the flowering stem.

Height (m): 0.15 – 0.3

Flowers: Clusters of spherical, terminal yellow flower heads 1.7-3cm in diameter.

Fruit: Achene

Municipality
Central HighlandsClarenceDorsetGeorge TownKingboroughNorthern Midlands
Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine VegetationSedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes

Occasional in wetlands in the eastern mountains. Also found on sandy flats growing in fresh water.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist, Waterlogged, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Loam, Poorly-drained, Sandy

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

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Seed tightly clustered in round seed heads which turn from bright yellow to pale yellow-white as seed ripens. Heads loosen and break up with gentle pressure if seed is 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

Break up seed heads before sowing. Surface sow in autumn. Some species may have a 3 month after-ripening period.

Germination Time

2-4 weeks

Cutting & Division Information

Can be grown from cuttings.