Scientific Name: Wilsonia backhousei

Common Name: narrowleaf wilsonia

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Convolvulaceae

Form Description: Prostrate perennial shrub with a woody rhizome, with spreading stems 4-15cm long. Narrow, green, succulent leaves, 5-15mm long.

Flowers: Single, white, erect tubular flowers grows from leaf axils, 1.5cm long with petals bent backwards.

Fruit: Capsule

Municipality
Break O’DayClarenceDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BaySorellTasmanWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Saltmarsh
Habitat Notes

Upper edges of coastal saltmarshes.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Seed, Cuttings

Seed Information

Seed Treatment Notes

Nick thick seedcoat with razor blade to depth of 1mm as a pre-treatment to germination, or dry heat at 60-70°C for 30 minutes.

Cutting & Division Information

Can be propagated from cuttings.