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Image Credit: Rob Wiltshire – Natural Values Atlas
Scientific Name: Stackhousia spathulata
Common Name: coast candles
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Celastraceae
Form Description: Small perennial herb, much-branched at the base. Thick, light green, 3cm long spoon-shaped leaves.
Flowers: White flowers in dense terminal heads, producing 4mm long fruitlets.
Fruit: Schizocarp
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Habitat Notes
Local on sea coast in north, west, south-west, and islands of Bass Strait.
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
General Notes
Requires a well-drained, sunny position.
Propagation Calendar
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Very difficult to grow from seed. Propagate by division or from cuttings. Seed is difficult to collect. It ripens over a long period and usually few seeds are viable. The fruit splits into segments at maturity, each of which contains a single 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 Treatment Notes
Heat combined with smoke treatment may increase germination.
Cutting & Division Information
Can be propagated from cuttings.