Family Index

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Scientific Name

Callitriche sonderi

Family Name

CALLITRICHACEAE

Common Name

Matted Waterstarwort

Status

Rare

Height

Flowers

Paired, one female, one male, often in opposite leaf axils.

Fruit

Form

Small semi-aquatic, mat-forming herb with stalked, 3-veined, opposite leaves.

Municipalities

King Island

Communities

Habitat Notes

Known only from the Sea Elephant River on King Island. The species occurs on river flood plains and other flood-prone sites on the Mainland.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Not usually propagated from seed as it is difficult to collect. Grown by division or from cuttings. 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 is small (less than 1mm long and wide), dark brown, heart-shaped and present for most of the year.

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