Family Index

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Scientific Name

Gonocarpus tetragynus

Family Name

HALORAGACEAE

Common Name

Common Raspwort

Status

Height

15-30cm

Flowers

Green to red, solitary in the leaf axils.

Fruit

Nut

Form

Perennial, much-branched, more or less rough-feeling herb with stems 15-50cm long, and toothed, lance-shaped leaves.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Brighton; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Devonport; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Habitat Notes

Widespread and abundant in dry, stony places.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Seed germinates readily. Use fresh seed, smoke treatment improves results. Surface sow. Usually propagated from cuttings. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Oct

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Seed Collecting Months

Jan

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Sowing Months

Jan

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Jul

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

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Oct

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Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Fruits are 1.5mm long and grey, with scattered short hairs. Usually only 1 seed matures.

Seed Treatment Method

Smoke

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.

Yes

Cutting Notes