Scientific Name: Hypolaena fastigiata

Common Name: tassel roperush

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Restionaceae

Form Description: Small perennial rhizomatous herb with erect, faintly grooved stems covered in white scales.

Flowers: Male spikelets numerous, reddish brown on slender whitish stalks; female spikelets few, terminal, solitary and erect.

Fruit: Nut

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral CoastCircular HeadDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayKing IslandKingboroughLatrobeNorthern MidlandsTasmanWaratah-WynyardWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Coastal VegetationHeath
Habitat Notes

Widely distributed, particularly in sandy, moist soils.

Site Tolerance

Dry, Moist

Soil Tolerance

Fertile, Nutrient-poor, Sandy

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
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  • Seed Collecting Month
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  • Sowing Month
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  • Cutting Month
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Propagation Method
Division

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Propagation from seed is very difficult.

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.

Cutting & Division Information

Usually propagated by division.