Communities

Scientific Name

Asterotrichion discolor

Family Name

MALVACEAE

Common Name

Currajong

Status

Height

3.0m -10.0m (300-1000cm)

Flowers

Small, creamy white clusters. Male and female usually on separate plants, delicately perfumed.

Fruit

Form

Medium to tall shrub or small tree,branches covered with stellate hairs when young, leaves alternate, many stellate hairs below.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Brighton; Central Highlands; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kingborough; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman

Communities

Wet Eucalypt Forest

Habitat Notes

Tas. endemic. Common in moist eucalypt forests and gullies of southern Tasmania.

Site Tolerance

Moist; Shady

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

Phosphorous intolerant; Well-drained

General Notes

Fast growing and appreciates moist, well drained soils wih shade. Also flowers sporadically at other times of the year. Not 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

Fruit remains enclosed in persistent calyx

Seed Treatment Method

Standard

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

May be propagated 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

May also be propagated from cuttings. It is reported that cuttings from male plants strike more readily.