Scientific Name: Siloxerus multiflorus

Common Name: small wrinklewort

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Asteraceae

Threatened Species Status: Rare

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

Form Description: Slender annual herb, stems erect and threadlike.

Flowers: Shining white heads, shortly-stalked, with about 25 florets in the terminal head, less in lateral ones.

Fruit: Achene – softly hairy. The outer ones each carry 8 conspicuous white pappus scales.

Municipality
No data available for this species
Plant Communities
Coastal Vegetation
Habitat Notes

Local on rocks near the mouth of the River Tamar at George Town and West Head.

Site Tolerance

Dry, Rocky

Soil Tolerance

Nutrient-poor, Sandy, Well-drained

Propagation Calendar

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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