THYMELAEACEAE

Yellow Rice-flower

Rare 

0.5m -1.5m (50-150cm) 

Heads bright buttercup yellow of many tubular flowers surrounded by four wide green bracts. M with wider spreading lobes, 2 orange stamens. 

Cluster of hairy one-seeded nuts 

Shrub with slender erect branches arising in whorls below the previous year's flowers 

Break O'Day; Dorset; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Latrobe; Launceston; Sorell; Tasman; West Tamar 

Coastal Vegetation 

Abundant but local near east and north coasts. 

Dry; Moist; Moist 

 

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

Resistant to Phytophthora cinnamomi. Likes moderately well-drained soils and a semi-shaded site. Suitable below powerlines. 

Male and female flowers on different plants. seed releases very quickly once ripe. slightly immature fruit may be harvested and allowed to mature in a warm position. rub over wire screens to remove outer coverings 

 

 

 

Very difficult to grow from seed. Some success has been reported with the burning of small twigs and leaf litter on top of the seed, although results are very erratic. The seed may respond to a combination of heat and smoke treatment. 

 

No 

 

 

No 

Usually grown from cuttings which are slow to strike. Care should be taken not to strip back the young bark.