Gentianaceae FAMILY

Sebaea ovata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Sebaea ovata is an annual plant that can grow up to 0.20 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine..

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeAustralia - New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria. New Zealand.

HabitatSandy soils[ 154 Title Flora of Victoria. Publication Author Ewart. A. J. Publisher University Press; Melbourne Year 1930 ISBN Description A flora of eastern Australia, it is rather short on information that is useful to the plant project. ] in pastures etc from the coastal lowlands to the montane zone[ 152 Title Australian Medicinal Plants. Publication Author Lassak. E. V. and McCarthy. T. Publisher New Holland Publishers Year 2001 ISBN 1876334703 Description A very good and readable guide to the subject. ]. Damp places in open forests[ 265 Title Flora of the Sydney Region Publication Author Carolin. R. & Tindale. M. Publisher Reed. Australia. Year 1993 ISBN 0730104001 Description Concise flora with little beyond an extensive key, species descriptions, very brief habitat description. ].