Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Trochocarpa disticha (Labill.) Spreng. |
Bibliography | Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 660 (1824) |
Native Range | w. & s. Tasmania |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Description | leaves usually ovate, 7-10mm, in youth often bright red, flowers ca. 5mm long, in compact, curvate spikes, to 2cm long |
Size | 50-100cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe or in spring cuttings in late summer; layering in spring and fall |
Synonyms | Cyathodes disticha Labill. Decaspora disticha R.Br. Trochocarpa disticha var. microphylla F.Muell. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (TAS Tasmania) |