Copperwire Daisy (Podolepis jaceoides)

Taxonomy and growth

Family: Compositae
Genus: Podolepis
Life cycle: perennial
Height: 0.6 m
Fertility: Insects
Flower type: hermaphrodite
Pollinators: Insects

Uses

Edible uses

Root^[2]. No more details are given.

Plant part: Root

Environment

Range: Australia - New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria.
Habitat: Rich soils, especially around the margins of salt marshes, up to the alpine zone^[3]. Open forests and grasslands^[6].
Light: full sun
Shade tolerance: no shade
Water: moderate
Hardiness: Zone 9+
Soil textures: sandy, loamy
Soil pH: acid, neutral, alkaline
Drainage: well drained
Tolerates Nutritionally Poor Soil: No
Drought: intolerant
Salinity: tolerant

Propagation

Seed - sow early to mid spring in a greenhouse. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts^[1]. If you have plenty of seed it is worth trying a sowing outdoors in situ in late spring^[1]. Division in spring.

Cultivation

Prefers a light well-drained soil in a sunny position^[1]. Plants tolerate temperatures down to at least -7°c in Australian gardens^[4], but this cannot be translated directly to British gardens due to our cooler summers and longer, colder and wetter winters. They are usually grown as an annual in Britain^[1]^[5], but could possibly succeed as a perennial in the milder areas of the country.

Achillea ageratumMace
Achillea erba-rotta moschataMusk Milfoil
Achillea millefoliumYarrow
Achillea ptarmicaSneeze-Wort

References

F. Chittendon. RHS Dictionary of Plants plus Supplement. 1956 Oxford University Press 1951-00-00
↩1 ↩2 ↩3 ↩4
Cribb. A. B. and J. W. Wild Food in Australia. Fontana 1976-00-00 ISBN 0-00-634436-4
↩
Ewart. A. J. Flora of Victoria.
↩
Wrigley. J. W. and Fagg. M. Australian Native Plants. Collins. (Australia) 1988-00-00 ISBN 0-7322-0021-0
↩
Huxley. A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. MacMillan Press 1992-00-00 ISBN 0-333-47494-5
↩
Carolin. R. & Tindale. M. Flora of the Sydney Region Reed. Australia. 1993-00-00 ISBN 0730104001
↩