Scientific Name: Bellendena montana Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region

Common Name: mountain rocket

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Proteaceae

Form Description: Small shrub with branches erect or decumbent.

Height (m): 0.5 – 1.5

Flowers: White to pale pink in showy clusters above the foliage.

Fruit: Papery capsule – brilliant red or yellow, flattened and hanging.

Municipality
Break O’DayCentral HighlandsCircular HeadDerwent ValleyDorsetGlenorchyHobartHuon ValleyKentishLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsWaratah-WynyardWest Coast
Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine Vegetation
Habitat Notes

Almost exclusively an alpine plant, widespread and locally abundant on mountain plateaux.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist, Rocky, Shady, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Nutrient-poor, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

General Notes

Grows well at higher elevations, extremely slow/difficult nearer to sea level.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Cuttings

Seed Information

Seed Collection

No success has been reported so far with seed.

Cutting & Division Information

Cuttings will strike but are extremely slow to grow on.