Family Index

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Scientific Name

Orites revolutus

Family Name

PROTEACEAE

Common Name

Narrow-leaf Orites

Status

Height

0.5m - 2.0m (50-200cm)

Flowers

Creamy-white, grouped into short candles.

Fruit

Seed follicles

Form

Much-branched, erect or spreading shrub. In the open, sprawls over ground or rocks.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast

Communities

Montane Vegetation; Sub-alpine

Habitat Notes

Tas.e ndemic. Abundant and widespread on mountain plateaux.Extends down into subalpine woodland as a larger shrub.

Site Tolerance

Exposed; Moist; Rocky; Windy

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Soil Tolerance

Clay; Fertile; Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Well-drained

General Notes

Would make an interesting garden plant with its distinct leaves and mass flowering. 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

Follicle, short, blunt, covered with dense brown hair. seed has a large terminal wing. follicles open & release seed immediately on ripening - can be collected once the follicle starts to turn from green to brown

Seed Treatment Method

Standard

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Seeds may easily be collected in autumn . They are very slow to grow on.

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