Scientific Name: Schizacme montana

Common Name: mountain mitrewort

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Loganiaceae

Form Description: Prostrate perennial herb with much-branched stems and crowded leaves.

Flowers: White and solitary.

Fruit: Capsule – somewhat flattened, with 2 horns.

Municipality
Central HighlandsDerwent ValleyHobartHuon ValleyWest Coast
Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine Vegetation
Habitat Notes

Alpine, wet peats and at sea level in the south-west of the state.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Seed

Seed Information

Seed Treatment Method

Smoke Smoke treatment improves germination in some species. Smokey products, e.g. smokey vermiculite, can be purchased and applied to the sown seed, or sown seeds can be treated directly with smoke from a source such as a drum with a fire and hose.

Seed Treatment Notes

Best results when seed sown fresh. Smoke treatment may improve results.