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Image Credit: Tim Rudman – Natural Values Atlas
Scientific Name: Exocarpos syrticola
Common Name: coast native-cherry
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Santalaceae
Form Description: Erect or spreading small shrub.
Height (m): 0.6 – 3.5
Flowers: Flowers small or minute, in small axillary clusters of 2-4 together.
Fruit: Nut – seed is contained in hard nuts that become green to purplish-black on maturity, attached to a succulent pink stalk.
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Habitat Notes
Occasional on coasts in the north and south-west and on the islands of Bass Strait.
Site Tolerance
Exposed, Moist, Windy
Soil Tolerance
Sandy, Well-drained
Propagation Calendar
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Difficult to grow from seed. Harvest fruits individually by hand.
Seed Treatment Method
Standard Scatter seed thinly on to damp potting mix. Hold seed in place by covering with more potting mix to approximately the depth of the seed size.
Seed Storage Life
Short
Seed Treatment Notes
Seed has short viability period; use fresh seed. Because of the semi-parasitic root development, it may be advisable to provide a host from the potting-on stage. Small shrubs or native grasses may be suitable hosts.