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Scientific Name
Teucrium corymbosum
Family Name
LAMIACEAE (LABIATAE)
Common Name
Forest Germander
Status
Rare
Height
60-100cm
Flowers
White, 8-10mm long, with 5 spreading lobes. Borne in loose groups of 3-7 flowers.
Fruit
Capsule
Form
Erect perennial herb with opposite leaves, rigid square stems and toothed or lobed leaves. The undersides of the leaves are covered with grey hair.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Brighton; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Launceston; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands
Communities
Habitat Notes
Allocasuarina verticillata woodlands, Eucalyptus viminalis woodlands and native grasslands in the East of the State.
Site Tolerance
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
General Notes
Grown from seed or cuttings. 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 small papery capsules, about 1.5mm long, that are brown and dry when mature. Capsules split and release fine seed which is brown when ripe. Collect seed from mid-Jan. to early Feb. Sieve to clean. Seed should be sown fresh.
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.
Yes
Cutting Notes
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