Scientific Name: Phyllangium divergens

Common Name: wiry mitrewort

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Loganiaceae

Threatened Species Status: Vulnerable

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

Form Description: Annual ephemeral plant. Very similar in form to P. distylis; distinguished by elliptical leaves, larger flower tube and brown/grey seeds with a fine network of veins running over the surface.

Flowers: Whorls of bracts surrounding the flowers have 8 or 9 veins, compared to Phyllangium distylis which has 6-veined bracts.

Fruit: Capsule

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral HighlandsDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayKingboroughLatrobeSouthern MidlandsTasmanWest Tamar
Plant Communities
No data available for this species
Habitat Notes

Open habitat on periodically wet, sandy and clay soils which often overlie rock, largely in the east of the State.

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.