Municipalities

Scientific Name

Discaria pubescens

Family Name

RHAMNACEAE

Common Name

Spiky Anchorplant

Status

Endangered

Height

30-90cm

Flowers

Flowers are small and cream, and borne in the leaf axils underneath the spiky branches.

Fruit

Capsule

Form

Thorny shrub with green branches, covered with small white hairs. The smaller branches are reduced to solid 2.5-4cm long spines. Leaves are 10cm long, flat and wedge-shaped, with serrated edges and a blunt tip.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Central Highlands; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands

Communities

Habitat Notes

Grassy banks and roadsides, sandy or gravelly soil and clefts amongst fractured dolerite rocks and flood channels, on the Central Plateau and near Launceston.

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

Fruits are round capsules, 3-4mm in diameter.

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.

Cutting Notes