Lomatia tinctoria R.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Proteales > Proteaceae > Lomatia

Characteristics

Shrub to 1.5 (-2) m tall, spreading by rhizomes, glabrous or glabrescent. Leaves pinnate or pinnatisect to bipinnate or bipinnatisect, ovate to broadly ovate in outline, to 10 cm long including petiole; primary lobes (3-) 9-17; ultimate lobes usually linear to narrowly oblong, 1-3 (-5) cm long, decurrent, entire, rounded, mucronate, glabrous; venation obscure above. Conflorescences solitary or rarely aggregated, terminal and upper axillary, usually exceeding leaves, glabrous; pedicel 9-15 (-18) mm long. Perianth 7-9 mm long, white or cream, often tinged red, glabrous. Gynophore 4-5 mm long. Style 3-4.5 mm long. Follicle 1-3 cm long, dark grey, sometimes glaucous. Seeds 3-4 mm long; wing 6-9 mm long.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Root system rhizome
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Environment

Light 4-9
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Soil acidity 2-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 11-11

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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings.
Mode cuttings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
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Images

Lomatia tinctoria unspecified picture

Distribution

Lomatia tinctoria world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Lomatia tinctoria threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:705177-1
WFO ID wfo-0000442365
COL ID 3VWYW
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Lomatia tinctoria Embothrium tinctorium