Scientific Name: Phylloglossum drummondii

Common Name: pygmy clubmoss

Family Classification (Clade): Pteridophytes

Family: Lycopodiaceae

Threatened Species Status: Rare

Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.

Form Description: Tiny, terrestrial fern ally; rootstock tuberous; leaves in an erect tuft; fruiting spike 3-5cm tall ending in ovoid, yellowish “cone”.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieDorsetFlindersGeorge TownKing IslandLatrobeWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Coastal Vegetation
Habitat Notes

Rare in Tasmania. Found only on northern coastline (also King and Flinders Islands) at or near sea level. Grows in wet, peaty soils. Requires regular disturbance and is usually found in areas that have been burnt.

Site Tolerance

Moist, Waterlogged

Soil Tolerance

Fertile, Poorly-drained

General Notes

Can be grown in a pot for a few years but tend to fade away. They may need annual repotting into a mix similar to that needed for terrestrial orchids.

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
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Propagation Method
Specialist Method

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Spores borne in yellow cone-shaped sporangia with cone scales overlapping. Strobili borne on leafless stalks.

Cutting & Division Information

Top growth dies down during summer and re-shoots from a perennial underground tuber in winter. Propagation is, therefore, by natural increase.