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Scientific Name
Hypoxis hygrometrica
Family Name
LILIACEAE
Common Name
Golden Weatherglass
Status
Height
0.18m (18cm) tall
Flowers
Solitary bright yellow to golden yellow flowers 2 cm across, on stemsup to 20 cm long
Fruit
Papery capsule
Form
Small herbaceous perennial with underground corms and dark-green, folded linear leaves
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Dorset; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; West Tamar
Communities
Dry Eucalypt Forest and Woodland; Grassy Vegetation; Heath; Wet Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes
Widespread in a variety of forest habitats and coastal heaths
Site Tolerance
Exposed; Moist; Windy
Frost Tolerance
Moderate
Soil Tolerance
Fertile; Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Sandy; Well-drained
General Notes
Protect from snails and slugs.. Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Collecting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Sowing Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Cutting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Long, ellipsoidal capsules open at maturity to release the dark brown seed through a horizontal split. dry to extract the seed, then sieve to clean
Seed Treatment Method
Standard
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Propagate from seed.
Germination Time
Suitable for Direct Seeding
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Cutting Notes
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