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Scientific Name
Poranthera microphylla
Family Name
EUPHORBIACEAE
Common Name
Small Poranthera
Status
Height
Flowers
On slender stalks, in small, leafy flowerheads. Petals are white, pale pink or tinged with green.
Fruit
Dry
Form
Small herb with slender, sometimes threadlike branches, 2-20cm long. Leaves are distant, with flat leaf blades which are thin and flexible in lowland plants and somehat fleshy in plants at high altitudes.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Devonport; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar
Communities
Habitat Notes
Open habitats, roadsides, hills and mountains, from sea level to about 1150m altitude.
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
Fruit is about 2mm in diameter.
Seed Treatment Method
Smoke
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
A combination of smoke and heat may give best results.
Germination Time
6 months for full germination
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
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