Family Index

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Scientific Name

Lepilaena patentifolia

Family Name

ZANNICHELLIACEAE

Common Name

Spreading Watermat

Status

Rare

Height

20-45cm

Flowers

Male flowers are usually together in pairs, and female flowers solitary, all flowers are borne in the leaf axils.

Fruit

Achenes

Form

Variable herb with horizontal underground stems and flat, narrow-bladed leaves held at right angles to the plant.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Dorset; Flinders Island; King Island; Northern Midlands

Communities

Habitat Notes

Coastal lagoons, creeks, inlets and estuaries, and inland brackish lagoons. Historically recorded from King Island, the Midlands, N.E., East Coast and S.W., however the only available records are from the S.W, at Moulting Lagoon and New River Lagoon.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Easily grown from division or cuttings. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Mar

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May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

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Mar

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May

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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

The fruits are dry, leathery and 1.5-2.25mm long, with warty protrusions.

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