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Scientific Name
Cyathodes straminea
Family Name
EPACRIDACEAE
Common Name
Small-leaved Cheeseberry
Status
Height
0.15m - 1m (15-100cm)
Flowers
White, bell-shaped with strong cheesey smell, clustered in leaves at the end of branches.
Fruit
Berries or drupes
Form
Shrub, branches tending to rise in false whorls and spreading widely.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast
Communities
Montane Vegetation
Habitat Notes
Tas. endemic. Frequent on the dolerite mountains of the northern and eastern parts of the State often growing amongst boulders.
Site Tolerance
Exposed; Moist; Rocky; Windy
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
Soil Tolerance
Fertile; Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Well-drained
General Notes
Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
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Seed Collecting Months
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Sowing Months
Jan
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Cutting Months
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Seed Information
Seed Collection
Fruit a shiny red drupe, flattened.masticate seed , leave on a hot window sill or store in paper bags and then remove dried seed case. fruit is present for much of the year
Seed Treatment Method
Fermentation
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Difficult to grow from seed but seed germinates better after being eaten by a bird and regurgitated. Plants are not easy to grow.
Germination Time
Suitable for Direct Seeding
No
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
No
Cutting Notes
Difficult to grow from cuttings.
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