Scientific Name: Rhytidosporum inconspicuum

Common Name: alpine appleberry

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Pittosporaceae

Threatened Species Status: Endangered

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

Form Description: Dense, prostrate shrub with rhizomes. Leaves elliptical hairless.

Flowers: Single on hairy stalks terminating branches.

Fruit: Capsule – 2-valved, slightly flattened, up to 4 mm long, up to 5.4 mm wide, light brown at maturity. Seed about 1.7 mm long, brown, several per fruit.

Municipality
No data available for this species
Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine VegetationHeath
Habitat Notes

Rare in alpine heath on the Central Plateau.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Nutrient-poor, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Propagation Calendar

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  • Seed Collecting Month
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Propagation Method
Seed, Cuttings

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Worth trying 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 propagated from cuttings.