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Image Credit: Anna Povey – with permission
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Image Credit: Anna Povey – with permission
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Image Credit: Anna Povey – with permission
Scientific Name: Leptomeria drupacea
Common Name: erect currantbush
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Santalaceae
Form Description: Broom-like shrub with angular branches, often slender, leafless at flowering time.
Height (m): 1.5 – 2.5
Flowers: Cream, very small (under 3mm across) and numerous in spikes on the twiggy branches.
Fruit: Drupe – greenish, white or red, 5-8mm in diameter.
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Habitat Notes
Occasional but widespread, more frequent in the north than in the south of the state. Sea level to at least 500m in heathland and dry open scrub forest.
Site Tolerance
Dry, Moist, Rocky
Soil Tolerance
Fertile, Loam, Sandy, Well-drained
Propagation Calendar
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Collect individually by hand, knock onto groundsheets or run hand along the fruiting branches. Store in cool, dry place.
Seed Treatment Method
Soaking Soak seed in water for 8-12 hours, changing the water 2-3 times.
Seed Treatment Notes
May be slow to germinate.