Family | Proteaceae |
Description | Low sprawling woody shrub |
Flowering time | Spring |
Distribution & botanical details | click here |
Vegetation communities | Heath and sclerophyll forest. |
Soil types | Often on sands or skeletal soil. |
Values/uses | |
-habitat values | Non-dominant understorey species adding habitat biodiversity. |
-amenity/ornamental values | Beautiful flowers, attractive and interesting foliage. Groundcover habit and drought tolerance make it a useful garden plant. A good container plant. |
-economic/functional values | not known |
Tolerances | |
-water deficit | extremely high |
-compaction | low |
-waterlogging | low |
-shade | average to low |
-soil salinity | not known |
-salt spray | probably high |
-pH | 5-7 |
-minimum temperature | -5 degrees |
Seed and germination details | |
-avge no. seeds per gram | 1000+ |
-viability period | long |
-dormancy | not known |
-treatment | smoke treatment may promote germination |
-days from first to last germination at 25 degrees | 20-90 |
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