Family Index

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Scientific Name

Philotheca freyciana

Family Name

RUTACEAE

Common Name

Freycinet Waxflower

Status

Endangered

Height

40cm

Flowers

Solitary, on short stalks in the leaf axils. The flowers are pink in the bud stage, and white with five petals when open.

Fruit

Capsule

Form

Erect, compact shrub with slender, warty green stems, covered with oil glands.

Municipalities

Glamorgan-Spring Bay

Communities

Habitat Notes

Tasmanian endemic. Grows on skeletal granite soils, and in the cracks of granite slabs and boulders. Known only from The Hazards and Cape Tourville on the Freycinet Peninsula.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Philotheca species are difficult to grow from seed. Nicking the hard seed coat and leaching the seed for 10 days may increase success. Smoke treatment or boiling water, or a combination of the two, may also work. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Sowing Months

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Cutting Months

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Seed Information

Seed Collection

Black, shiny and 4mm long, in a fruit with a pointed tip.

Seed Treatment Method

Smoke

Seed Storage Life

Probably remains viable for at least several years.

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

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

Possibly grown from cuttings.