Scientific Name: Lomatia tasmanica Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region

Common Name: kings lomatia

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Proteaceae

Form Description: Mid to tall slender shrub, branches often few, erect, young growth hairy.

Flowers: Dull crimson in terminal racemes.

Fruit: Woody seed follicle

Municipality
Huon Valley
Plant Communities
Rainforest
Habitat Notes

Known only from the southern end of the Bathurst Range in the south-west at altitudes from sea level to about 280m.

Site Tolerance

Moist, Shady

Soil Tolerance

Fertile, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

General Notes

A distinctive and attractive plant rarely cultivated and difficult to maintain for more than a few years. May do well as a container plant in ferneries. Tip pruning from an early stage promotes bushy growth.

Propagation Calendar

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  • Cutting Month
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Propagation Method
Impractical Propagation material is too difficult to collect or conditions for propagation or cultivation are too specialized.

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Does not produce viable seed.

Cutting & Division Information

Can be propagated from stem cuttings which are difficult to strike.