Scientific Name: Millotia tenuifolia var. tenuifolia

Common Name: soft bowflower

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Asteraceae

Form Description: Slender annual herb, often branched at base and white with soft woolly hairs.

Height (m): 0.02 – 0.15

Flowers: Yellow on terminal stalks to about 0.5cm across.

Fruit: Achene to 0.7cm long, linear.

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Habitat Notes

Widespread and frequent in dry places. Occurs in a wide range of habitats and soils.

Site Tolerance

Dry, Exposed, Moist, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Clay, Fertile, Loam, Nutrient-poor, Sandy, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Moderate

General Notes

Should do best in free draining soils with a warm sunny or semi-shaded aspect.

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
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  • Cutting Month
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Propagation Method
Seed

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Collect seed heads into paper bags and allow to dry. Do not collect in wet weather. Rub seed heads on fine wire screens or break up by hand to extract seed. Sieve to clean.

Seed Treatment Method

Standard Scatter seed thinly on to damp potting mix. Hold seed in place by covering with more potting mix to approximately the depth of the seed size.

Seed Storage Life

Short

Seed Treatment Notes

Seed is usually quick to germinate. Surface sow or lightly cover. In nature seed germinates in autumn and plants develop quickly. They dry out and die with the onset of hot weather. Experimentation with sowing times could be useful.

Germination Time

2 weeks