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Scientific Name
Persoonia muelleri
Family Name
PROTEACEAE
Common Name
Mueller's Geebung
Status
Height
1.2m - 4.0m (120-400cm)
Flowers
Mostly subtended by scale leaves, tepals 15- 22mm long, yellow to cream, hairy on outside.
Fruit
Berries or drupes
Form
Shrub. Young branchlets densely hairy, hairs greyish. Leaves not crowded.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Central Highlands; Dorset; Glenorchy; Huon Valley; Kentish; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands
Communities
Heath; Wet Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes
Occurs chiefly north east of Lake St. Clair - Derwent River with a single collection known from Mt. Field. Grows in alpine heath and sclerophyll forest on dolerite from 700 to 1200m alt.
Site Tolerance
Exposed; Moist; Shady; Windy
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
Soil Tolerance
Fertile; Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Well-drained
General Notes
P. muelleri susbsp. muelleri apparently intergrades with subsp. angustifolia in the area between Lake St. Clair and Macquarie Harbour, also in the Lake Dove - Cradle Mountain and Adamsons Peak-South Cape areas. Not 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 drupe.seed extraction by fermentation in water for 1-2 weeks or treat with a weak solutionof sulphuric acid. wash and dry seed for storage
Seed Treatment Method
Leaching
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Germination appears to be prevented by a combination of thick woody fruit, chemical inhibitors and embryo immaturity. Leach in running water for 21 days or scarify the fruit, sow in autumn, leave unwatered in summer months, allow to bake in sun.*
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.
No
Cutting Notes
Propagation has been successful from cuttings of very young growth, which can be very slow to form roots. For propagation from seed, using 2-3 year old seed collected from under plants, splitting seed with knife, treatment with gibberallic acid or duplicating bushfire conditions may help.
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