Scientific Name: Baloskion australe

Common Name: southern cordrush

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Restionaceae

Form Description: Rhizomatous graminoid with many erect dark reddish-green flowering stems. Leaves reduced to sheaths on flowering stems

Flowers: One to few flowered reddish terminal inflorescence.

Municipality
Break O’DayCentral HighlandsCircular HeadDerwent ValleyDorsetFlindersGlamorgan-Spring BayGlenorchyHuon ValleyKentishKingboroughLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSouthern MidlandsTasmanWaratah-WynyardWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine VegetationHeathSedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes

Occurs in mountainous areas in bolster heaths and other wet heath alpine and sub-alpine sites.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist, Rocky, Waterlogged, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Clay, Loam, Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

General Notes

Frog habitat. Resistant to Phytophthora cinnamomi.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Division

Seed Information