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Scientific Name
Astroloma humifusum
Family Name
EPACRIDACEAE
Common Name
Native Cranberry
Status
Height
Flowers
Inconspicuous, red, tubular flowers partly hidden by the leaves.
Fruit
Berries or drupes
Form
Small much-branches shrub, usually prostrate and forming a small mat.
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; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar
Communities
Heath
Habitat Notes
Widespread and abundant in dry heaths and pastures.
Site Tolerance
Dry; Exposed; Moist; Rocky; Windy
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
Fertile; Loam; Poor; Sandy; Well-drained
General Notes
Susceptible to Phytophthora cinnamomi The fruits are sweet and edible. 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
Seed is enclosed in a hard woody drupe covered with fleshy green fruit. collect by hand
Seed Treatment Method
Storage
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Difficult to grow from seed due to a complex dormancy. A range of treatments has been tried unsuccessfully, acid, stratification at 3oC, light/dark, leaching, cracking seed coat in vice. Sowing seed in soil collected from under parent plants may improve results.
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
Usually grown from cutttingss, which is also difficult as suitable cutting wood is difficult to find. Roots are very fine so extreme care is needed when repotting. Firm young growth gives best results.
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