Communities

Scientific Name

Selliera radicans

Family Name

GOODENIACEAE

Common Name

Swamp Weed

Status

Height

0.02m - 0.15m (2-15cm)

Flowers

Solitary, fan-shaped with 5 petals almost white on inside, dull red or purplish-grey outside.

Fruit

Form

Small herb with yellowish stem running along or sometimes under the ground.

Municipalities

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

Communities

Sedgeland and Wetland; Salt marshes and tidal streams

Habitat Notes

Widespread and locally abundant on the landward margins of salt marshes, also inland on margins of streams and lakes and on ground subject to flooding.

Site Tolerance

Moist; Waterlogged

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

Poor; 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

Fruit c6mm long, succulent with seeds flattened, brown with a thick irregular white border

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

*6-8 weeks

Expected Time to Plant Out

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

Yes

Cutting Notes

Usually grown from cuttings or by division. Selliera has been successfully propagated from leaf cuttings also. Take either a leaf or leaf plus stem and placing it in cutting medium.* Select semi-matture leaves from the stems and set them in a standard cutting medium at a slight angle from the vertical with the stem end of the leaf about 1cm below the surface.