Municipalities

Scientific Name

Wilsonia humilis

Family Name

CONVOLVULACEAE

Common Name

Silky Wilsonia

Status

Rare

Height

10cm

Flowers

Single, stalkless flowers with white floral tubes and 5 petals.

Fruit

Capsule

Form

Slender shrub with prostrate stems which spread 15-30 cm or more before rooting at the tips, and spreading again. Leaves are crowded, grey green, and silky hairy with rounded tips, pressed together and overlapping.

Municipalities

Clarence; Dorset; Flinders Island; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Northern Midlands; Sorell

Communities

Habitat Notes

Coastal salt marshes in the East of the State.

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

Capsule is about 3mm long.

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.

Yes

Cutting Notes