Scientific Name: Coprosma perpusilla subsp. perpusilla

Common Name: orange matcurrant

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Rubiaceae

Form Description: Prostrate mat-forming shrub rooting from its branches.

Flowers: Single at ends of branches, light greenish-yellow to pale orange-yellow.

Fruit: Drupe – spherical, yellow-orange to orange-red, 4-9mm.

Municipality
Central HighlandsHobartKentishMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsWest Coast
Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine VegetationHeathSedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes

Occasional in heath and bog.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist, Waterlogged, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

General Notes

Resistant to Phytophthora cinnamomi.

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
Seed, Cuttings, Division

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Harvest by hand and place into bags, or knock fruit onto ground sheets.

Seed Treatment Method

Fermentation Collect fleshy fruits in a plastic bag, mash up and allowed to ferment to replicate digestion by a bird.

Seed Treatment Notes

Place fruits into plastic bags and allow to ferment for several weeks. Remove the flesh from the fruit and sow seed soon after collection. Do not allow the seed to dry out.

Cutting & Division Information

Can be grown from cuttings.