Scientific Name: Pauridia glabella var. glabella

Common Name: tiny yellowstar

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Hypoxidaceae

Form Description: Small herbaceous perennial with underground corms and dark-green grasslike leaves.

Flowers: One or two yellow or greenish-yellow flowers, 1.5-2.5 cm across, on stems up to 19 cm long.

Fruit: Papery capsule – open at maturity to release the reddish-brown seed through a horizontal split.

Municipality
Break O’DayCentral HighlandsClarenceDorsetFlindersGlamorgan-Spring BayHuon ValleyLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSorellSouthern MidlandsWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Coastal VegetationGrasslandHeath
Habitat Notes

Grassy herb-lands and coastal heath; widely distributed.

Site Tolerance

Dry, Exposed, Moist, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Fertile, Loam, Nutrient-poor, Sandy, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Moderate

General Notes

Protect from snails and slugs.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Seed

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Dry to extract the seed, then sieve to clean.

Seed Treatment Method

Standard Scatter seed thinly on to damp potting mix. Hold seed in place by covering with more potting mix to approximately the depth of the seed size.