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Image Credit: Anna Povey – with permission
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Image Credit: Anna Povey – with permission
Scientific Name: Asterotrichion discolor Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region
Common Name: tasmanian currajong
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Malvaceae
Form Description: Medium to tall shrub or small tree, branches covered with stellate hairs when young, leaves alternate, many stellate hairs below.
Height (m): 3 – 8
Flowers: Small, creamy white clusters. Male and female usually on separate plants, delicately perfumed.
Fruit: Capsule – remains enclosed in persistent calyx.
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Habitat Notes
Common in moist eucalypt forests and gullies of southern Tasmania.
Site Tolerance
Moist, Shady
Soil Tolerance
Well-drained
General Notes
Fast growing and appreciates moist, well-drained soils with shade. Flowers in late autumn and winter and sporadically at other times of the year.
Propagation Calendar
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Collection
May be propagated from seed.
Seed Treatment Method
Standard Scatter seed thinly on to damp potting mix. Hold seed in place by covering with more potting mix to approximately the depth of the seed size.
Cutting & Division Information
Can be propagated from cuttings. It is reported that cuttings from male plants strike more readily.