Family Index

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Scientific Name

Archeria eriocarpa

Family Name

EPACRIDACEAE

Common Name

Archeria

Status

Height

1.0m - 4.0m (100-400cm)

Flowers

White or pink, tubular on short hairy stalks, either solitary or in short spikes.

Fruit

Capsule

Form

Straggling shrub with slender branches , branchlets having stiff hairs.

Municipalities

Burnie; Central Highlands; Derwent Valley; Huon Valley; Kentish; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast

Communities

Rainforest

Habitat Notes

Tas. endemic. Occasional in temperate rain forests of the west and south west, reaching an altitude of 100m.

Site Tolerance

Moist; Moist; Shady

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Soil Tolerance

Fertile; Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Well-drained

General Notes

Relatively slow growing. Could tolerate full shade. Not suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

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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 a 5-lobed hairy capsule, cylindrical c.4mm long

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

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 propagatedfrom cutings.