Scientific Name: Ewartia planchonii Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region
Common Name: creeping cushionherb
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Asteraceae
Form Description: Creeping herb with leaves overlapping and white woolly hairs on both surfaces.
Flowers: Flower heads small, brownish, solitary, with stems longer than leaves during flowering.
Fruit: Achene
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Habitat Notes
Occasional in high altitude heaths, most common in the central mountains.
Site Tolerance
Exposed, Moist, Windy
Soil Tolerance
Loam, Nutrient-poor, Well-drained
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
General Notes
This species has proved difficult to propagate in the ground. In pots, plants respond well to capillary watering in summer. Needs excellent drainage and abundant sunshine.
Propagation Calendar
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Cutting Month
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
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.