Rock Garden Plants
Trochocarpa disticha (Labill.) Spreng.  
Home
Families
Genus
Territory
Habitat
Synonyms
Types
Galery
Info
FamilyERICACEAE
Genus speciesTrochocarpa disticha (Labill.) Spreng. 
SynonymsCyathodes disticha Labill.
 Trochocarpa cunninghamii (DC.) W.M.Curtis
Habitatthickets and woods
Altitudemontane-subalpine
Descriptionleaves usually ovate, 7-10mm, in youth often bright red, flowers ca. 5mm long, in compact, curvate spikes, to 2cm long
Size50-100cm
Colorpink, white
Bloomsummer
Ca-
Typedecumbent shrub
Cultivationcold, shady site with a humous, moist soil
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade
Propagationseed when ripe or in spring
cuttings in late summer; layering in spring and fall
Territory Australasia
     Australia (Tasmania)
BibliographyPlants of the World online powo.science.kew.org
International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org
Comments

ERICACEAE

Trochocarpa disticha (Labill.) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed 16 [Sprengel] 1: 660 (1824)

Basionym:
Cyathodes disticha Labill., Nov. Holl. Pl. 1: 58 (1805)

Synonyms:
Decaspora disticha (Labill.) R.Br.

Decaspora cunninghamii DC.
Trochocarpa cunninghamii (DC.) W.M.Curtis
Trochocarpa disticha cunninghamii (DC.) Benth.
Trochocarpa disticha microphylla F.Muell.

Tasmania
50 TAS

montane-subalpine

Version 9.0
(c) 1990-2021 RNDr. Pavel SlabĂ˝