DILLENIACEAE

Scrambling Guinea Flower

 

3.0m (300cm) 

Bright yellow, 1 cm across, on slender stalks to 1.5 cm long; 4-5 deeply notched petals 

Seed follicles 

Shrub, trailing or climbing by intertwining branches; young stems reddish and roughened 

Break O'Day; Burnie; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Launceston; Northern Midlands; West Coast; West Tamar 

Coastal Vegetation; Rainforest 

Widespread in Tas, from sea level to 2500 ft; common in sandy heaths near coasts. In coastal scrub it usually adopts a trailing habit; in high rainfall forests it is a vigorous climber, forming tangled clumps. 

Dry; Exposed; Moist; Rocky; Shady; Windy 

Moderate 

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

Susceptible to Phytophthora cinnamomi. Suitable below powerlines. 

Seed collection is difficult and time consuming; seeds shed very quickly after maturity and only a few viable seeds are produced which often are predated by insects 

Smoke 

1 to 2 years 

 

Difficult to germinate from seed; germination rate may be improved slightly by smoke treatment. 

1 to 3 months 

No 

 

 

 

Propagate from cuttings; best taken from young growth following flowering or pruning. Stripping of outer bark may be a problem if cuttings are not processed within a short time of collection.