Scientific Name: Pauridia vaginata var. vaginata

Common Name: sheathing yellowstar

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Hypoxidaceae

Form Description: Small herbaceous perennial with underground corms and dark-green leaves to 10 cm long and 2 mm wide.

Flowers: One or two yellow flowers, 3-4 cm across, on stems up to 10 cm long.

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

Municipality
DevonportGeorge TownLatrobeLauncestonNorthern Midlands
Plant Communities
GrasslandSedgeland and WetlandWet Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes

Widespread in a variety of wetter situations.

Site Tolerance

Moist

Soil Tolerance

Fertile, Loam, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Moderate

General Notes

Protect from slugs and snails.

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.