Family Index

Scientific Name

Mazus pumilio

Family Name

SCROPHULARIACEAE

Common Name

Swamp Mazus

Status

Height

Flowers

Purple (rarely white), 1.5cm long, with two white protuberances at the opening of the floral tube. Flowers are held above the leaves on slender stalks.

Fruit

Capsule

Form

Small perennial prostrate herb with green rosettes arising from rhizomes, leaves 1.5-7.5cm long.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Dorset; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; King Island; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; Tasman; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Habitat Notes

Frequent in lowland swampy ground and coastal sites.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Easily propagated by division of rhizomes. Prefers a damp situation with some sun, and is ideal for pool edges. Plant at 50cm intervals. Spreads rapidly by layering. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Seed Collecting Months

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Sowing Months

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Cutting Months

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Seed Information

Seed Collection

Numerous, propagation from seed is easy. Fresh seed recommended.

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