Scientific Name: Stenopetalum lineare

Common Name: narrow threadpetal

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Brassicaceae

Threatened Species Status: Endangered

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

Form Description: Annual herb with few branches, erect, slender, hairless.

Height (m): 0.2 – 0.5

Flowers: Petals clawed, tapering to a point, often long and twisted after flowering, yellowish/brown.

Fruit: Capsule (silicula) cylindrical or oval with 8-12 seeds in each loculus.

Municipality
Break O’DayBrightonClarenceGlamorgan-Spring Bay
Plant Communities
Coastal VegetationHeath
Habitat Notes

Local in sandy heaths.

Site Tolerance

Dry, Moist

Soil Tolerance

Nutrient-poor, Sandy, Well-drained

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