Scientific Name: Micrantheum hexandrum

Common Name: river tridentbush

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Picrodendraceae

Form Description: Hardy, densely growing shrub with slender erect branches.

Height (m): 1 – 3

Flowers: Small, numerous, male and female on different plants. Yellowish or cream.

Fruit: Capsule – ovoid, glabrous, 5–8 mm long. Seed cylindrical, 3.5–4.0 mm long, light reddish brown, glossy.

Municipality
Break O’DayCentral HighlandsDorsetGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayKentishLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSouthern MidlandsWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Riparian
Habitat Notes

Common on river banks, along water courses and in gullies in east and north.

Site Tolerance

Moist, Rocky, Shady

Soil Tolerance

Fertile, Loam, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

General Notes

A hardy, densely growing shrub.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • 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
Seed

Seed Information

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.

Seed Treatment Notes

Grown from seed without treatment.

Cutting & Division Information

Easily grown from cuttings.