Family Index

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Scientific Name

Tecticornia arbuscula

Family Name

CHENOPODIACEAE

Common Name

Shrubby Glasswort

Status

Height

120cm

Flowers

Minute flowers, often 3 together, arise at upper projecting edge of several segments.

Fruit

Form

Erect, woody shrub with green or reddish branches. The stem fuses with leaves to appear segmented.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Coast; Clarence; Dorset; Flinders Island; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Sorell

Communities

Riparian

Habitat Notes

Locally abundant in salt marshes and on low rocky shingly islands which are occasionally inundated. More common in the south.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Propagated from seed or cuttings. Highly tolerant of salt and moisture. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

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May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

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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

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May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Seeds are egg-shaped and 1.5mm 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

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Yes

Cutting Notes

2-3cm long tip cuttings planted in a mixture of peat moss, coarse sand and perlite have been grown successfully.