Scientific Name: Lepyrodia muelleri

Common Name: erect scalerush

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Restionaceae

Form Description: Dioecious or monoecious, rhizomes creeping.

Flowers: Male and female flowers.

Fruit: Nut

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral HighlandsClarenceDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayKing IslandMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSouthern MidlandsTasmanWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Sedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes

Usually in wet sedgelands, sea level to 300m.

Site Tolerance

Moist, Waterlogged

Soil Tolerance

Clay, Loam, Poorly-drained, Sandy

Frost Tolerance

Moderate

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method

Seed Information