Family Index

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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

Jan

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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.