Family Index

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Scientific Name

Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides

Family Name

APIACEAE (UMBELLIFERAE)

Common Name

Mountain Pennywort

Status

Height

prostrate

Flowers

Inflorescences are simple terminal heads with 3-7 insignificant flowers.

Fruit

Woody capsule

Form

Small perennial mat herb with almost- round leaves with scalloped margins and creeping stems

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Derwent Valley; Devonport; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Grassy Vegetation; Wet Eucalypt Forest

Habitat Notes

Locally abundant in wet forests and becoming common in poorly drained lawns

Site Tolerance

Moist; Moist; Shady

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

Clay; Fertile; Loam; Poorly-drained; Well-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

Seed Treatment Method

Standard

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Good results are had from seed, requiring no treatment, but as collection is tedious propagation is generally by division, which is easy.

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

Usually propagted by division.