Scientific Name: Huperzia australiana

Common Name: mother clubmoss

Family Classification (Clade): Pteridophytes

Family: Lycopodiaceae

Form Description: Fern ally with stems erect or hanging, sometimes branching, leaves in a spiral. Possesses bulbils but lacks strobili.

Municipality
No data available for this species
Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine Vegetation
Habitat Notes

Grows in areas above 1000m in shallow soil over rock in the protection of boulders or on semi-exposed ledges. Appears to be resistant to competition and almost invariably occurs amongst grasses, herbs or low shrubs.

Site Tolerance

Moist, Rocky

Soil Tolerance

Nutrient-poor, Well-drained

General Notes

Possesses gemmae (vegetative buds or bulbils) which appear as small outgrowths circling the stems in groups at regular intervals. These may drop off and develop into mature plants if conditions are suitable. The viability of using this as a means of cultivation is not known.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Specialist Method

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Sporangia borne in the axils of sporophylls.