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Scientific Name
Rhytidosporum procumbens
Family Name
PITTOSPORACEAE
Common Name
Mary's flower
Status
Height
0.2m (20cm)
Flowers
Starry white, sometimes fringed with crimson, about 1cm in diameter.
Fruit
Capsule
Form
Tiny shrub with small, dark green, linear to linear-oblong leaves.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Brighton; Burnie; Central Highlands; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Devonport; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Tamar
Communities
Coastal Vegetation; Dry Eucalypt Forest and Woodland; Heath
Habitat Notes
Common in sandy heaths and dry sclerophyll forests.
Site Tolerance
Dry; Exposed; Shady
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Sandy; Well-drained
General Notes
Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
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Seed Collecting Months
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Sowing Months
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Cutting Months
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Seed Information
Seed Collection
Fruit, a capsule broader than long, the valves having fine transverse wrinkles, seeds ovoid, deeply wrinkled
Seed Treatment Method
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Worth trying 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
May be propagated from cuttings.
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