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Scientific Name

Rorippa dictyosperma

Family Name

BRASSICACEAE

Common Name

Lobed Rorippa

Status

Height

0.3m - 0.9m (30-90cm)

Flowers

Flowers c 1.2cm in diameter, petals narrowly obovate and white, stamens 6.

Fruit

Capsule (siliqua)

Form

Perennial herb, decumbent at base, branched and erect above.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Brighton; Burnie; Central Highlands; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Kingborough; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman

Communities

Wet Eucalypt Forest; Moist shady places

Habitat Notes

Common in moist shady places.

Site Tolerance

Moist; Moist; Shady

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

Fertile; Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Well-drained

General Notes

Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Seed Collecting Months

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Sowing Months

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Cutting Months

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Seed Information

Seed Collection

Fruit: a capsule, more or less erect, borne on spreading stalks about 1cm long. valves hve one conspicuous vein. seeds, 1 row per locule, oval and with thin, translucent margins

Seed Treatment Method

Standard

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

May be grown 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.

Cutting Notes