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Scientific Name
Sicyos australis
Family Name
CUCURBITACEAE
Common Name
Star Cucumber
Status
Rare
Height
Flowers
Flowers are greenish, either male or female and 5-7cm diameter. Male flowers are found on the stem, and female flowers occur in small dense clusters on short flower stalks.
Fruit
Form
Scrambling herb with rough, broad, stalked leaves and slender stems, 1-4m long.
Municipalities
Flinders Island
Communities
Habitat Notes
Coastal shrubbery on rocky limestone ground and coastal grasslands on alkaline sand, Inner Sister Island. The species was historically collected from eastern Flinders Island.
Site Tolerance
Frost Tolerance
Tender
Soil Tolerance
General Notes
Propagation from seed. Seedlings are very suceptible to grazing by garden snails in cultivation. Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
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Cutting Months
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Seed Information
Seed Collection
The fruit is leathery, 1mm long and covered densely with barbed prickles.
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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
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