Santalaceae FAMILY

Exocarpos humifusus

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Exocarpos humifusus is a low-growing, prostrate, more or less evergreen shrub, becoming ascending when growing in sheltered places; it generally forms a clump of growth around 100cm wide[ 286 Title Flora of Australia Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flora/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description The full information from the Flora of Australia - on-line. An excellent resource. , 1461 Title Flora of Tasmania Online Publication Author Duretto MF (Ed.) Website http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania Publisher Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery: Hobart Year 2009 ISBN Description An excellent flora, in the process of being published (58 family treatments as of 2017). It can be accesed online and can also be downloaded as PDFs. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeAustralia - Tasmania

HabitatOpen eucalypt woodland or forest and shrubland or heath communities, frequently in rocky sites; usually at elevations above 800 metres, though occasionally descending to near sea level[ 1461 Title Flora of Tasmania Online Publication Author Duretto MF (Ed.) Website http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania Publisher Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery: Hobart Year 2009 ISBN Description An excellent flora, in the process of being published (58 family treatments as of 2017). It can be accesed online and can also be downloaded as PDFs. ].