Family Index

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Scientific Name

Xyris marginata

Family Name

XYRIDACEAE

Common Name

Alpine Yelloweye

Status

Height

15-55cm

Flowers

Flowers with three round, golden yellow petals, each 8mm in diameter, with small, rounded teeth on the petal margins.

Fruit

Capsule

Form

Perennial herb with numerous more or less erect and sometimes twisted leaves, forming small tussocks.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Northern Midlands; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast

Communities

Habitat Notes

Tasmanian endemic. Wet heaths on King Island, N.W., W. Coast, E. Coast and S.W., reaching 1070m altitude.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Grown by division, some Xyris species can be grown from seed. Useful for small rockeries and around ornamental pools. 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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Seed Information

Seed Collection

Capsule is 3-lobed.

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

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.

Yes

Cutting Notes