Plants of
South Australia
Haegiela tatei
Asteraceae
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Prior names

Epaltes tatei

Etymology

Haegiela named after Laurence Arnold Robert Haegi (1952- ), an Australian botanist and plant collector. Tatei named after Ralph Tate (1840-1901), Professor of Natural Science, Adelaide.

Distribution and status

Found along the coast from Fowlers Bay to the Coorong in South Australia growing in saline, often gypseous habitats and often growing in samphire flats or low chenopod shrubland. Also found in Western Australia and Victoria. Native. Rare in South Australia. Rare in the other States.
Herbarium regions: Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Yorke Peninsula, Southern Lofty, South Eastern
NRM regions: Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges, Eyre Peninsula, Northern and Yorke, South Australian Murray-Darling Basin, South East
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)

Plant description

Small annual herb to 8 cm high with branches ascending to erect. Leaves ovate, lanceolate, obovate or linear, to 7 mm long and 2 mm wide; glabrous or cobwebbed. Flower-heads to 3 mm diameter with white-yellow flowers. Flowering between August and November. Fruits are pale brown head. Seeds are brown ellipsoid to ovoid seed to 0.6 mm long and 0.3 mm wide, covered in fine tubercules. Seed embryo type is spatulate fully developed.

Seed collection and propagation

Collect seeds between September and January. Collect heads or whole plants that are pale brown or turning brown. Each head should have numerous tiny seeds. Place the heads in a tray for a week to dry. Then rub the heads gently with your hands to dislodge the seeds. Use a fine sieve to separate the seeds from the unwanted material. Be careful as the seeds are very small. Store the seeds with a desiccant such as dried silica beads or dry rice, in an air tight container in a cool and dry place. From one collection, the seed viability was high, at 100%. Seeds are non-dormant, viable seed should germinate readily.

Seeds stored:
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LocationNo. of seeds
(weight grams)
Number
of plants
Date
collected
Collection number
Collection location
Date
stored
% ViabilityStorage
temperature
BGA143,000 (3.55 g)100+15-Oct-2009DJD1615
Yorke Peninsula
1-Jun-2010100%+5°C, -18°C
Location: BGA — the seeds are stored at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, MSB — the seeds are stored at the Millennium Seed Bank, Kew, England.
Number of plants: This is the number of plants from which the seeds were collected.
Collection location: The Herbarium of South Australia's region name.
% Viability: Percentage of filled healthy seeds determined by a cut test or x-ray.