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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.
No
Cutting Notes
May be propagated from cuttings
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