Scientific Name: Thismia rodwayi

Common Name: fairy lanterns

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Burmanniaceae

Form Description: A small fleshy saprophyte often flowering above the surface of the soil. Roots vermiform.

Height (m): 0.005 – 0.03

Flowers: Flowering stems erect, 0.5–3.0cm long, arising in the axil of a minute scale leaf.

Municipality
Derwent ValleyDorsetHobartHuon ValleyKingboroughMeander ValleyWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Wet Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes

Seldom seen but widespread in damp humus and litter in wet forests, recorded in association with roots of Bedfordia salicina, Olearia argophylla and Coprosma quadrifida. Ben Lomond, south-west, Mt Field and kunanyi/Mt Wellington.

Site Tolerance

Moist, Shady, Waterlogged

Soil Tolerance

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

Frost Tolerance

Moderate

General Notes

Saprophytic plant.

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