Family Index

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Scientific Name

Bertya tasmanica

Family Name

EUPHORBIACEAE

Common Name

Tasmanian Bertya

Status

Vulnerable

Height

2-3m

Flowers

Small, golden and bell-shaped. Solitary, in the leaf axils or a few together on very short stalks.

Fruit

Capsule

Form

Erect, much-branched , heath-like shrub with long, narrow, alternate leaves 8-20cm long. Leaf margins rolled under, and lower surface covered with dense white woolly hairs.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Northern Midlands

Communities

Habitat Notes

Tasmanian endemic. In the north and east, in the understorey of wet sclerophyll forest on river and stream banks. One near-coastal population is known from near Coles Bay, within low sheoak forest or wind-pruned coastal heath/scrub.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Grown from seed, sow within 6 months of collection. 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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Cutting Months

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Seed Information

Seed Collection

Fruit is dry, oval-shaped, and densely hairy, 6-8mm long and contains one smooth seed. Dry capsules until open, and sieve seed.

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

6 months

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