Scientific Name: Kelleria dieffenbachii

Common Name: carpet riceflower

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Thymelaeaceae

Form Description: Dwarf herb forming loose mats or soft cushions to 30cm diameter.

Height (m): 0.05 – 0.1

Flowers: White, unisexual or bisexual, 2-7 in terminal cluster.

Fruit: Drupe – small greenish, ovoid, 1.5-2mm long.

Municipality
Break O’DayCentral HighlandsHuon ValleyKentishMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsWaratah-WynyardWest Coast
Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine Vegetation
Habitat Notes

Occurs in northern and western Tasmania, in dry to moist well drained soils in sheltered locations as well as in fairly open alpine tussock grassland.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Loam, Nutrient-poor, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

General Notes

Rarely cultivated. Requires high altitude cool conditions, light to medium soils rich in organic matter, semi-shade or partial sun and tolerates frosts and snowfalls. Carpeting, self-layering species.

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

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Maybe propagated from seed.

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

Can be grown from cuttings or from division of layered stems.