Scientific Name: Roepera billardierei

Common Name: coast twinleaf

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Zygophyllaceae

Threatened Species Status: Rare

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

Form Description: Perennial herb with much-branched stems spreading over the ground and bright green, fleshy, Y-shaped leaves.

Flowers: Usually 4 yellow flowers, 1cm in diameter, occurring singly in the leaf axils.

Fruit: Capsule – drooping, four-angled; contains 4 brown, almost triangular seeds. The seeds are covered with a gelatinous coating, which glues the seed to the soil when wet.

Municipality
Flinders
Plant Communities
No data available for this species
Habitat Notes

Calcareous sands, forest, wetlands and heath on the Furneaux islands.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Seed, Cuttings

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Considered difficult to grow from seed. Collect mature capsules, allow to dry, and sieve to clean.

Seed Storage Life

6 months