Scientific Name: Geococcus pusillus

Common Name: earth cress

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Brassicaceae

Threatened Species Status: Endangered

Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.

Form Description: Small annual herb, usually stemless. Leaves 3-8cm long.

Flowers: Flowers on very short radical stalks, petals white, oval, shorter than sepals.

Fruit: Seed pod – oblong 5-12 mm long with horny valves and prominent midrib. Seeds 3-5, brown.

Municipality
Flinders
Plant Communities
Coastal Vegetation
Habitat Notes

Recorded from coastal areas on Mile and Mt. Chappell islands in the Furneaux Group, Bass Strait.

Soil Tolerance

Well-drained

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
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  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
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  • Cutting Month
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Propagation Method
Impractical Propagation material is too difficult to collect or conditions for propagation or cultivation are too specialized.

Seed Information