Trochocarpa clarkei
Lilac Berry
Dense mounding shrub with downy branchlets, sometimes rooting at nodes.
Additional information
- FamilyEricaceae
- StoreyLower storey
- Size20-50 cm x 50-80 cm
- Plant groupingHerbs & Groundcovers <1m
- LeavesSpreading oblong to elliptic dark green leaves 3-11 mm x 1.2-3.5 mm with blunt tip, paler below with 3-7 almost parallel veins, margins serrated.
- Flower colourMaroon, greenish towards base
- Flowering timeNovember to March
- FlowersDense axillary spikes of 5-11 bell-shaped flowers on old wood, occasionally terminal, 5 dense tufts of spreading hairs in throat of tube. Fleshy round bluish-purple berry-like fruit.
- Bird attractingNo
- Butterfly attractingNo
- Frog habitatNo
- Growing conditionsMoist sheltered positions in wet mountain and subalpine forests, usually growing near rocks.
- Garden useAttractive mounding shrub for rockeries and cottage gardens in sheltered areas.
- Commercially availableUnlikely to be available within the Shire of Yarra Ranges
- Conservation statusRare in Victoria, locally common in few populations. Most populations fall outside the Shire.
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Photographer/s: Neville Walsh, Royal Botanic Gardens Board ©
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