Communities

Scientific Name

Hypoxis hygrometrica

Family Name

LILIACEAE

Common Name

Golden Weatherglass

Status

Height

0.18m (18cm) tall

Flowers

Solitary bright yellow to golden yellow flowers 2 cm across, on stemsup to 20 cm long

Fruit

Papery capsule

Form

Small herbaceous perennial with underground corms and dark-green, folded linear leaves

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Dorset; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; West Tamar

Communities

Dry Eucalypt Forest and Woodland; Grassy Vegetation; Heath; Wet Eucalypt Forest

Habitat Notes

Widespread in a variety of forest habitats and coastal heaths

Site Tolerance

Exposed; Moist; Windy

Frost Tolerance

Moderate

Soil Tolerance

Fertile; Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Sandy; Well-drained

General Notes

Protect from snails and slugs.. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Seed Collecting Months

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Oct

Nov

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Sowing Months

Jan

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Oct

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Cutting Months

Jan

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Oct

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Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Long, ellipsoidal capsules open at maturity to release the dark brown seed through a horizontal split. dry to extract the seed, then sieve to clean

Seed Treatment Method

Standard

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Propagate from seed.

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Cutting Notes