Family Index

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Scientific Name

Elatine gratioloides

Family Name

ELATINACEAE

Common Name

Waterwort

Status

Height

Flowers

Single small flowers with greenish sepals and pink petals about 1mm long.

Fruit

Capsule

Form

Submerged, hairless annual herb with opposite leaves and creeping stems, 30cm long.

Municipalities

Burnie; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Kingborough; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; West Coast

Communities

Habitat Notes

Fairly common in marshes and the edges of still fresh waster in central and northern areas of the state.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Propagated from seed or division, also easily grown from cuttings. Self-seeds in good conditions. Requires sun or part shade, and is useful for disguising concrete pool edges. Suitable for poorly drained areas. 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

Capsule produces 12-50 cylindrical or curved seeds.

Seed Treatment Method

Bog 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