Family Index

Scientific Name

Orites acicularis

Family Name

PROTEACEAE

Common Name

Yellow bush

Status

Height

0.5m -1.5m (50-150cm)

Flowers

Creamy-white, sometimes with pinkish tips, in pairs in spikes, sweetly scented. Style reddish .

Fruit

Seed follicles

Form

Yellow-green small shrub with many erect/ ascending branches sometimes spreading

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Central Highlands; Derwent Valley; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; West Coast

Communities

Montane Vegetation

Habitat Notes

Tas. endemic. Abundant and widespread on mountain plateaux, in all except aquatic or short alpine vegetation.

Site Tolerance

Exposed; Moist; Rocky; Windy

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Soil Tolerance

Clay; Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Poorly-drained; Well-drained

General Notes

Valuable as a traffic control plant because of its highly prickly nature. Good background planting. May need supplementary watering during extended dry periods. Sunny or semi-shaded aspect is suitable. Hardy to most frosts and snowfalls. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Follicle, oblong and flattened with a short straight beak, thin but hard, light brown and hairless. seed surrounded by a wing which is wider at each end.can be collected once follicle starts to turn from green to brown

Seed Treatment Method

Standard

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Fresh seed germinates readily without treatment.

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 grown from cuttings of firm young growth.