Family Index

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Scientific Name

Lepilaena cylindrocarpa

Family Name

ZANNICHELLIACEAE

Common Name

Longfruit Watermat

Status

Height

Flowers

Male flowers often occur in pairs, with the flowerstalks elongating to 6mm long; the flowerstalks of female flowers elongate from 5-10mm to 20mm.

Fruit

Achenes

Form

Annual herb with threadlike leaves, 0.1-0.4mm wide and 2-6cm long.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Clarence; Dorset; Flinders Island; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; King Island; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; West Tamar

Communities

Habitat Notes

Fresh to brackish coastal lagoons and creeks in the North East and East Coast.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Easily propagated by division or cuttings. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

Jan

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Mar

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May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

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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

Mature fruit is cylindrical, brown, smooth and shining, and about 2mm long.

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