Scientific Name: Phyllangium distylis

Common Name: tiny mitrewort

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Loganiaceae

Threatened Species Status: Rare

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

Form Description: Small annual herb with erect stems, and pairs of light green, blunt, opposite leaves which are joined across the stem at their bases.

Height (m): 0.01 – 0.08

Flowers: Flowers are solitary and bell-shaped, with white, blunt-lobed petals, and borne on thread-like stalks.

Fruit: Capsule – spherical

Municipality
DorsetFlindersGeorge Town
Plant Communities
Heath
Habitat Notes

Boulders and rocky situations, muddy soaks and hollows in sandy heaths which are prone to flooding, in the north and north-east.

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 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 Treatment Notes

Best results when seed sown fresh. Smoke treatment may improve results.