Scientific Name: Hyalosperma demissum

Common Name: moss sunray

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Asteraceae

Threatened Species Status: Endangered

Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.

Form Description: Dwarf, much-branched annual herb.

Height (m): 0.01 – 0.03

Flowers: Flower heads solitary, terminal surrounded by 4-5 of the uppermost leaves. Hermaphrodite.

Fruit: Achene with branched, spreading hairs.

Municipality
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Plant Communities
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Habitat Notes

Occasional and local in dry sandy places.

Site Tolerance

Dry

Soil Tolerance

Loam, Nutrient-poor, Sandy, Well-drained

Propagation Calendar

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  • Seed Collecting Month
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Propagation Method
Impractical Propagation material is too difficult to collect or conditions for propagation or cultivation are too specialized.

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

Germination Time

2-4 weeks