Family | Proteacea |
Description | Medium-large upright shrub to small, spreading tree. Long lived. |
Flowering time | Autumn |
Distribution & botanical details | click here |
Vegetation communities | Dry sclerophyll forests and grassy woodlands from coastal to inland areas |
Soil types | Variable but commonly on heavier soils |
Values/uses | |
-habitat values | Important seasonal nectar producer. Seeds eaten by cockatoos. |
-amenity/ornamental values | Attractive in flower. Handsome foliage. Older specimens have great character with stout trunks and gnarled form. Used in bonsai. |
-economic/functional values | Craftwood |
Tolerances | |
-water deficit | high |
-compaction | average |
-waterlogging | average to high |
-shade | average |
-soil salinity | average |
-salt spray | high |
-pH | 5-7 |
-minimum temperature | -8 degrees |
Seed and germination details | |
-avge no. seeds per gram | 125 |
-viability period | average |
-dormancy | none |
-treatment | germination can be improved with cold temperature stratification |
-days from first to last germination at 25 degrees | 10-30 |
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