Scientific Name: Philotheca freyciana Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region

Common Name: freycinet waxflower

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Rutaceae

Threatened Species Status: Endangered

Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.

Form Description: Erect, compact shrub with slender, warty green stems, covered with oil glands.

Flowers: Solitary, on short stalks in the leaf axils. The flowers are pink in the bud stage, and white with five petals when open.

Fruit: Capsule – pointed tip. Seeds black, shiny and 4mm long.

Municipality
Glamorgan-Spring Bay
Plant Communities
No data available for this species
Habitat Notes

Grows on skeletal granite soils, and in the cracks of granite slabs and boulders. Known only from The Hazards and Cape Tourville on the Freycinet Peninsula.

Propagation Calendar

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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

Philotheca species are difficult to grow from seed.

Seed Treatment Method

Smoke Smoke treatment improves germination in some species. Smokey products, e.g. smokey vermiculite, can be purchased and applied to the sown seed, or sown seeds can be treated directly with smoke from a source such as a drum with a fire and hose.

Seed Storage Life

At least several years

Seed Treatment Notes

Nicking the hard seed coat and leaching the seed for 10 days may increase success. Smoke treatment or boiling water, or a combination of the two, may also work.

Cutting & Division Information

Possibly grown from cuttings.