Family Index

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Scientific Name

Spyridium vexilliferum

Family Name

RHAMNACEAE

Common Name

Winged Spyridium, Helicopter Bush

Status

Rare

Height

0.9m (90cm)

Flowers

Button-like heads. Individual flowers white, 5 sepals, 5 petals forming hoods over stamens.

Fruit

Papery capsule

Form

Slender, twiggy shrub

Municipalities

Communities

Coastal Vegetation; Heath; Riparian

Habitat Notes

Locally common in sandy heaths, on river banks and rocky slopes in the east, north and west.

Site Tolerance

Dry; Moist; Rocky

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

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

General Notes

Resistant to Phytophthora cinnamomi. 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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Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Capsules to 3mm wide releasing brownish- black small seeds from valves when mature. close monitoring required. cut fruit from plant when brown and dry or bag nearly mature fruit

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Difficult to grow 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

Usually grown from cuttings.