Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Coprosma moorei F.Muell. ex Rodway |
Bibliography | Pap. & Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasmania 1893: 179 (1894) |
Native Range | c. Tasmania, e. Victoria |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets |
Altitude | 100-1300m |
Description | branchlets very thin, branched, rooting, leaves lanceolate to ovate, thick, shiny, 3-5mm long, fruit globular, 5-6mm wide, bright blue |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | greenish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer; layering in spring and fall |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (TAS Tasmania, VIC Victoria) |