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Scientific Name

Styphelia adscendens

Family Name

EPACRIDACEAE

Common Name

Golden Heath

Status

Height

Flowers

Greenish-yellow tubular, fairly conspicuous flowers. Petals with hairy lobes.

Fruit

Berries or drupes

Form

Small shrub, branches ascending or prostrate forming a mat of flat leaves.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Heath

Habitat Notes

Widespread and frequent in dry pastures and heaths. Scattered in districts mainly near the coast. sometimes on dry sites, but also on damp peaty sites.

Site Tolerance

Dry; Exposed; Moist

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

Fertile; Loam; Poor; Well-drained; Peaty

General Notes

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 a drupe with a thin fleshy layer and stone with 5 or fewer sections, each with one seed. collect individually by hand, flesh does not need to be cleaned off just sieve, clean and dry thoroughly

Seed Treatment Method

Standard

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Difficult to grow from seed but some success has been reported.

Germination Time

Several weeks.

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

Cuttings strike with diffiulty as good wood is often hard to find. Particular care should be taken when handling the minute seedlings because they develop long, fine roots. A well-composted soil that is well-drained is essential and care should be taken not to let plants dry out. Some shade is desirable.