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Scientific Name
Gonocarpus tetragynus
Family Name
HALORAGACEAE
Common Name
Common Raspwort
Status
Height
15-30cm
Flowers
Green to red, solitary in the leaf axils.
Fruit
Nut
Form
Perennial, much-branched, more or less rough-feeling herb with stems 15-50cm long, and toothed, lance-shaped leaves.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Brighton; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Devonport; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar
Communities
Habitat Notes
Widespread and abundant in dry, stony places.
Site Tolerance
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
General Notes
Seed germinates readily. Use fresh seed, smoke treatment improves results. Surface sow. Usually propagated from cuttings. Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
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Oct
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Seed Collecting Months
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Sowing Months
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Cutting Months
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Oct
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Seed Information
Seed Collection
Fruits are 1.5mm long and grey, with scattered short hairs. Usually only 1 seed matures.
Seed Treatment Method
Smoke
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Germination Time
Suitable for Direct Seeding
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Yes
Cutting Notes
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