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Scientific Name

Centella cordifolia

Family Name

APIACEAE (UMBELLIFERAE)

Common Name

Centella

Status

Height

prostrate

Flowers

Flowers very small, white to pink, or red, often in threes.

Fruit

Woody capsule

Form

Perennial herb with creeping stems or rhizomes

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Clarence; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Riparian; Sedgeland and Wetland

Habitat Notes

Widespread; locally abundant in swamps and margins of slowly flowing streams.

Site Tolerance

Moist; Waterlogged; Waterlogged

Frost Tolerance

Moderate

Soil Tolerance

Phosphorous intolerant; Poorly-drained

General Notes

Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Not generally propagated from seed.

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Yes

Cutting Notes

Propagate from cuttings or by division of stems with adventitious roots.