Family Index

Scientific Name

Poranthera microphylla

Family Name

EUPHORBIACEAE

Common Name

Small Poranthera

Status

Height

Flowers

On slender stalks, in small, leafy flowerheads. Petals are white, pale pink or tinged with green.

Fruit

Dry

Form

Small herb with slender, sometimes threadlike branches, 2-20cm long. Leaves are distant, with flat leaf blades which are thin and flexible in lowland plants and somehat fleshy in plants at high altitudes.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Devonport; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; 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

Open habitats, roadsides, hills and mountains, from sea level to about 1150m altitude.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Propagated from seed. 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 is about 2mm in diameter.

Seed Treatment Method

Smoke

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

A combination of smoke and heat may give best results.

Germination Time

6 months for full germination

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