Family Index

Scientific Name

Stackhousia monogyna

Family Name

STACKHOUSIACEAE

Common Name

Forest Candles

Status

Height

0.3m - 0.8m (30-80cm)

Flowers

White flower spike

Fruit

Form

Herb, usually branched from the base.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Devonport; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Coastal Vegetation; Dry Eucalypt Forest and Woodland; Montane Vegetation

Habitat Notes

Widespread and extending well into the mountains. Found on shady cliff edges. Often prominent after fires.Flowering in spring in the lowlands through to early autumn in the highlands. Coastal forms probably frost tender.

Site Tolerance

Dry; Moist; Rocky; Shady

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Soil Tolerance

Fertile; Loam; Poor; Sandy; Well-drained

General Notes

Attracts butterflies. 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

At maturity fruit splits into 2-3 rough surfaced fruitlets

Seed Treatment Method

Standard

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Can be grown from seed. Seed lasts for several years but best treated as short lived.Seeds put on folded toilet paper which was then lit so that it smouldered produced good germination (heat or smoke?), while untreated seeds slow to germinate.This is one member's experience.

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

4-5 weeks

Expected Time to Plant Out

6-10 months

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Cutting Notes

May be propagated from cuttings