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Scientific Name
Suaeda australis
Family Name
CHENOPODIACEAE
Common Name
Southern Seablite
Status
Height
20-80cm
Flowers
Small and pale green, about 3mm wide, in clusters arising from the axils.
Fruit
Form
Upright or spreading low shrub, with succulent, opposite or alternate leaves, to 3cm long. Lower leaves often larger and red to purple, upper leaves yellowish. Stems are reddish.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Coast; Clarence; Devonport; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; Kingborough; Latrobe; Sorell; Tasman; West Coast
Communities
Habitat Notes
Widespread on the edges of coastal salt marshes, also found in intertidal rock crevices.
Site Tolerance
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
General Notes
Grown from seed or cuttings, thrives in moist, saline conditions. Add a small amount of saline soil from the collection area to the propagation mix. Cover seed lightly and keep damp, use the bog method. For direct seeding, spread sparingly in a shallow trench, cover and press down. Fast-growing, good for stabilising saltmarsh and tidal creek edges. Also provides habitat for wading birds. The other Suaeda species in Tasmania, S. maritima, is introduced; this is an annual shrub, 1 m high and often tinged pink or red, with leaves only about 1 mm wide. Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Collecting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Sowing Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Cutting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Flattened, shiny and black. Collect when the flowerheads are dry. The seed is released easily when rubbed between the palms of the hands.
Seed Treatment Method
Soaking
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Soak seed in water for 8-12 hours, changing the water 2-3 times.
Germination Time
Suitable for Direct Seeding
Yes
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Yes
Cutting Notes
Cuttings strike easily.
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