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Scientific Name

Rhytidosporum inconspicuum

Family Name

PITTOSPORACEAE

Common Name

Mountain rhytidosporum

Status

Endangered

Height

Flowers

Single on hairy stalks terminating branches.

Fruit

Capsule

Form

Dense, prostrate shrub with rhizomes. Leaves elliptical hairless.

Municipalities

Communities

Heath; Montane Vegetation

Habitat Notes

Rare in alpine heath on the Central Plateau.

Site Tolerance

Exposed; Moist; Windy

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Soil Tolerance

Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Well-drained

General Notes

Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Seed Collecting Months

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Sowing Months

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Oct

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Cutting Months

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Seed Information

Seed Collection

Seed Treatment Method

Standard

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Worth trying 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 be propagated from cuttings.