Scientific Name: Ewartia meredithiae Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region

Common Name: rusty cushionherb

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Asteraceae

Form Description: Much-branched mat-forming plant with rosette of small leaves and adventitious roots.

Flowers: Heads white and papery, close to leaves early in season, stems lengthening as seeds ripen.

Fruit: Achene

Municipality
Central HighlandsDerwent ValleyHuon ValleyKentishMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsWest Coast
Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine Vegetation
Habitat Notes

Locally frequent in wet exposed places in the central and western mountains, in bolster heath mixed with other cushion plants.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Loam, Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

General Notes

Not well known in cultivation. Does not like to dry out but must have excellent drainage and plenty of sunshine. From seed, plants may not grow true to their mountain form.

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

Seeds are easy to collect in autumn.

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

For best results with daisies generally, surface sowing allows maximum light to trigger germination.

Cutting & Division Information

Propagate from cuttings or by division of layered stems.