Scientific Name: Calorophus elongatus

Common Name: long roperush

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Restionaceae

Form Description: Perennial, scrambling over supporting vegetation.

Flowers: Male and female flowers.

Fruit: Papery capsule

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral HighlandsClarenceDerwent ValleyDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayHobartHuon ValleyKentishKingboroughLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsTasmanWaratah-WynyardWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
HeathRainforestSedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes

Wet heaths and shrubberies, margins of rainforest and under light eucalypt cover, sea level to 400m.

Site Tolerance

Moist, Waterlogged

Soil Tolerance

Loam, Poorly-drained, Sandy

Frost Tolerance

Moderate

Propagation Calendar

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Seed Information