Family Index

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Scientific Name

Wilsonia backhousei

Family Name

CONVOLVULACEAE

Common Name

Narrowleaf Wilsonia

Status

Height

Flowers

Single, white, erect tubular flowers grows from leaf axils, 1.5cm long with petals bent backwards.

Fruit

Form

Prostrate with a woody rhizome, with spreading stems 4-15cm long. Narrow, green, succulent leaves, 5-15mm long.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Clarence; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Sorell; Tasman; West Tamar

Communities

Habitat Notes

Upper edges of coastal salt marshes.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Grown from seed or cuttings. 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

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Nick thick seedcoat with razor blade to depth of 1mm as a pre-treatment to germination, or dry heat at 60-70 degrees C for 30 minutes.

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