Scientific Name: Archeria eriocarpa Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region
Common Name: hairy rainforest-heath
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Ericaceae
Form Description: Straggling shrub with slender branches; branchlets having stiff hairs.
Height (m): 1 – 4
Flowers: White or pink, tubular on short hairy stalks, either solitary or in short spikes.
Fruit: Capsule – 5-lobed, hairy, cylindrical about 4mm long.
Municipality
BurnieCentral HighlandsDerwent ValleyHuon ValleyKentishMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsWaratah-WynyardWest Coast
Plant Communities
Rainforest
Habitat Notes
Occasional in temperate rain forests of the west and south-west, reaching an altitude of 100m.
Site Tolerance
Moist, Shady
Soil Tolerance
Fertile, Loam, Well-drained
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
General Notes
Relatively slow growing. Could tolerate full shade.
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Propagation Method
Cuttings
Seed Information
Cutting & Division Information
Can be propagated from cuttings.