Scientific Name: Ricinocarpos pinifolius

Common Name: wedding bush

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Euphorbiaceae

Form Description: Erect shrub

Flowers: Stalked, white, 4-6 petals. Male flowers more conspicuous than female.

Fruit: Hairy capsule – ripe fruits red, burr-like, spherical. Seeds mottled brown, 5mm long with a fleshy white swollen knob at one end.

Municipality
No data available for this species
Plant Communities
Coastal VegetationHeath
Habitat Notes

Locally abundant on coastal heaths in the north and east.

Site Tolerance

Dry, Exposed, Moist, Windy

Soil Tolerance

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

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Seed, Cuttings

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Fruits split when ripe. Dry to extract seed and sieve to clean.

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

Difficult to grow from seed. Some success has been reported with immersing seed in almost boiling water. Smoke treatment also improved results.

Cutting & Division Information

Can be grown from cuttings but the success rate is often poor.