Scientific Name: Zieria littoralis

Common Name: downy zieria

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Rutaceae

Threatened Species Status: Rare

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

Form Description: Much-branched shrub with highly aromatic foliage. Crushed leaves have a strong smell.

Height (m): 0.3 – 1

Flowers: Small cream or pale pink flowers with 4 petals; axillary, solitary or 2-3 together on short stalks.

Fruit: Papery capsule

Municipality
Break O’DayGlamorgan-Spring Bay
Plant Communities
Wet Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes

Occasional on the east coast.

Site Tolerance

Moist, Shady

Soil Tolerance

Loam, Well-drained

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 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

Germination may be improved by covering seed box with twigs and leaves 2-3 cm deep and setting fire to the litter, raising temperature of soil surface to 93°C.

Cutting & Division Information

Usually grown from cuttings, which strike readily.