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Scientific Name
Leptomeria glomerata
Family Name
SANTALACEAE
Common Name
Creeping Currantbush
Status
Height
30cm
Flowers
White or pinkish, 3mm in diameter, hermaphrodite. Sometimes arranged in a spike, sometimes in clusters.
Fruit
Berries or drupes
Form
Small shrub with rigid, coarse branches; leaves reduced to tiny scales.
Municipalities
Burnie; Central Highlands; Derwent Valley; Huon Valley; Kentish; Kingborough; Latrobe; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar
Communities
Habitat Notes
Occasional near the coast in the S and W, and in peaty moors on the Central Plateau.
Site Tolerance
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
General Notes
Very difficult to grow from seed, soaking in a giberellic acid solution may improve results. Plants are semi-parasitic, but will grow for without a host, as long as they are planted out within a year. Host plants include eucalypts, acacias and native grasses. Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
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Sowing Months
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Cutting Months
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Seed Information
Seed Collection
Fruit often red, about 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
Late autumn to winter
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Cutting Notes
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