Family Index

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Scientific Name

Coprosma moorei

Family Name

RUBIACEAE

Common Name

Blue-fruited Mat Coprosma

Status

Height

Flowers

Solitary, terminal on short branches, light yellowish-green, about 0.6cm across.

Fruit

Berries or drupes

Form

Small prostrate shrub with much-branched stems, rooting at the nodes.

Municipalities

Central Highlands; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Kentish; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; West Coast

Communities

Heath; Montane Vegetation; Grows in sphagnum moss

Habitat Notes

Occasional in wet heath and bolster heath above 300m. Sometimes growing in sphagnum moss.

Site Tolerance

Exposed; Moist; Windy

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Soil Tolerance

Fertile; Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Well-drained

General Notes

Resistant to Phytophthora cinnamomi. Useful as a rockery or container plant in cool positions. 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 a spherical blue drupe.harvest by hand and place into bags, or knock fruit onto groundsheets

Seed Treatment Method

Fermentation

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Place fruits into plastic bags and allow to ferment for several weeks. Remove the flesh from the fruit and sow seed soon after collection. Do not allow seed to dry out.

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.

Yes

Cutting Notes

May also be propagated from cuttings.