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Prior names
Helichrysum roseum var. davenportii
Helichrysum lawrencella var. davenportii
Helichrysum davenportii
Common names
Sticky Everlasting
Davenport Daisy
Etymology
Lawrencella probably named after Robert William Lawrence (1807�1833), a settler in Tasmania who was recruited by W. Hooker in 1830 as a plant collector and sent specimens to Kew. Davenportii possibly named after Sir Samuel Davenport (1818-1906), one of the early settlers of Australia who became a landowner, parliamentarian and president of the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society in South Australia.
Distribution and status
Found in the western half of South Australia, growing in mulga woodland on sandy loam soils and in mallee shrubland in sand dune areas. Also found in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Native. Common in South Australia. Common in the other states.
Herbarium regions: North Western, Lake Eyre, Nullarbor, Gairdner-Torrens, Eyre Peninsula
NRM regions: Alinytjara Wilurara, Eyre Peninsula, South Australian Arid Lands
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)
Plant description
Annual herb to 40 cm tall, usually with several erect unbranched hairy stems. Leaves basal on each stem, linear-oblanceolate to linear, flat, with a usually entire, sometimes shallowly wavy margin, to 140 cm long and 10 mm wide, hairy on both sides like the stems. Flower-heads solitary, on a long stalk with pink to white papery daisy flower. Flowering between July and October. Fruits are white fluffy head. Seed embryo type is spatulate fully developed.
Seed collection and propagation
Collect seeds between September and December. Collect whole heads that are drying off and fluffy or collect just the seeds by plucking it off with your fingers. Mature seeds are easily removed. Place the heads in a tray for a week to dry. Then pluck the seeds from the head with your finders. Viable seeds will be fat and brown. 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 90%. Seeds are non-dormant, viable seed should germinate readily.
Location | No. of seeds (weight grams) | Number of plants | Date collected | Collection number Collection location | Date stored | % Viability | Storage temperature |
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BGA | 2,900 (19.65 g) | 50+ | 16-Sep-2009 | TST753 Gairdner-Torrens | 1-Jun-2010 | 90% | -18°C |