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Scientific Name

Pratia surrepens

Family Name

CAMPANULACEAE

Common Name

Mud Pratia

Status

Height

stems 0.15m (15cm)

Flowers

Corolla pale blue or almost white, tube slightly longer than sepals, lobes narrow at base.

Fruit

Form

Hairless perennial herb with slender leafy stems, creeping or prostrate.

Municipalities

Burnie; Central Highlands; Dorset; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; Kentish; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; Tasman; West Coast

Communities

Montane Vegetation; Sedgeland and Wetland

Habitat Notes

In short alpine herbfield and wet grassland in the eastern mountains.

Site Tolerance

Exposed; Moist; Waterlogged; Windy

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

Phosphorous intolerant; Poorly-drained

General Notes

The flowers of Pratia species resemble those of Lobelia but the fruit is indehiscent and more or less succulent. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Seed Collecting Months

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Sowing Months

Jan

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Cutting Months

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Seed Information

Seed Collection

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

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 by division.