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Image Credit: Anna Povey – with permission
Scientific Name: Cyathodes straminea Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region
Common Name: spreading cheeseberry
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Ericaceae
Form Description: Shrub, branches tending to rise in false whorls and spreading widely.
Height (m): 0.15 – 1
Flowers: White, bell-shaped with strong cheesy smell, clustered in leaves at the end of branches.
Fruit: Drupe – shiny red, flattened.
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Habitat Notes
Frequent on the dolerite mountains of the northern and eastern parts of the State often growing amongst boulders.
Site Tolerance
Exposed, Moist, Rocky, Windy
Soil Tolerance
Fertile, Loam, Nutrient-poor, Well-drained
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
Propagation Calendar
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Masticate seed, leave on a hot window sill or store in paper bags and then remove dried seed case. Fruit is present for much of the year.
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
Difficult to grow from seed but seed germinates better after being eaten by a bird and regurgitated. Plants are not easy to grow.
Cutting & Division Information
Difficult to grow from cuttings.