Scientific Name: Pappochroma stellatum Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region
Common Name: star mountaindaisy
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Asteraceae
Form Description: Prostrate yellowish-green rosette herb with flowers amongst leaves or stalks exceeding leaves.
Flowers: Daisy-like, purple and white.
Fruit: Achenes – flattened with pappus of capillary bristles.
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Habitat Notes
Common on sub-alpine herbfields. Most common in the central and western mountains.
Site Tolerance
Exposed, Moist, Windy
Soil Tolerance
Loam, Nutrient-poor, Well-drained
General Notes
In cultivation it will need moist but well drained, acid to neutral soils with plenty of organic matter and a sunny situation. Flowers well during summer as a container plant when pots are placed on capillary matting to maintain moisture supply or when pots are buried in moist, coarse sand.
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
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
For best results with daisies generally, surface sowing allows maximum light to trigger germination.
Cutting & Division Information
Can be grown from cuttings. May also be grown from division of creeping rhizomes.