Family | Chenopodiaceae |
Description | Sprawling subshrub forming a dense mat. Will climb low fences and shrubs. |
Flowering time | summer |
Distribution & botanical details | click here |
Vegetation communities | Very widespread in many communities. |
Soil types | Generally on heavier soils. |
Values/uses | |
-revegetation/habitat values | Very useful species for direct seeding on hostile sites. Colonisers bare ground rapidly but also long-lived as an understory component under large trees. Fleshy fruits important food source for birds and animals. |
-amenity/ornamental values | Attractive in fruit and useful dense groundcover under trees. |
-other values | |
Tolerances | |
-water deficit | high |
-compaction | average |
-waterlogging | average |
-shade | high |
-minimum temperature | -5 degrees |
Seed and germination details | |
-avge no. seeds per gram | 1000 |
-viability period | not known |
-dormancy | none |
-treatment | none required |
-days from first to last germination at 25 degrees | not known |
-direct seeding | easy |
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