Family | Mimosaceae |
Description | Small to medium rounded shrub |
Flowering time | Winter |
Distribution & botanical details | click here |
Vegetation communities | Dry sclerophyll forest |
Soil types | Mostly sandstone and granite, often on skeletal ridges |
Values/uses | |
-revegetation/habitat values | Primary coloniser of disturbed or burnt areas. Useful for revegetation of rocky, low nutrient sites |
-amenity/ornamental values | A high quality, underutilised plant for amenity landscapes. Spectacular in flower, handsome foliage and good dense form. |
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Tolerances | |
-water deficit | extremely high |
-compaction | low |
-waterlogging | low |
-shade | low |
-minimum temperature | -10 degrees |
Seed and germination details | |
-avge no. seeds per gram | 45 |
-viability period | long |
-dormancy | physical |
-treatment | boiling water or scarifcation |
-days from first to last germination at 25 degrees | 5-25 |
-direct seeding | easy |
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