Scientific Name: Brachyloma depressum
Common Name: spreading heath
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Ericaceae
Threatened Species Status: Rare
Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.
Form Description: Much- branched shrub with slender wiry branches.
Flowers: White, tubular, solitary in axils at base of the dwarf shoots. 5 tufts of hairs at throat of tube.
Fruit: Drupe – fleshy with 5 parts surrounding a hard seed.
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Plant Communities
Habitat Notes
Local on the east and north coasts and in the islands of Bass Strait.
Site Tolerance
Dry, Moist
Soil Tolerance
Fertile, Loam, Sandy, Well-drained
Propagation Calendar
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Flowering Month
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Seed Collecting Month
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Sowing Month
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Cutting Month
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Treatment Method
Smoke Smoke treatment improves germination in some species. Smokey products, e.g. smokey vermiculite, can be purchased and applied to the sown seed, or sown seeds can be treated directly with smoke from a source such as a drum with a fire and hose.
Seed Treatment Notes
Propagation from seed is difficult however smoke treatment may improve results. The seed can take over 12 months to germinate.
Germination Time
Over 12 months
Cutting & Division Information
Usually grown from cuttings using new growth.