Family Index

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Scientific Name

Pratia irrigua

Family Name

CAMPANULACEAE

Common Name

Salt Pratia

Status

Height

Flowers

Short stems or without stems, in axils with very small corolla 2-3mm long.

Fruit

Form

Slender perennial herb resembling Lobelia pratioides but hairless in all parts. Stems leafy, a few cm long.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; King Island; Latrobe; Meander Valley; West Coast

Communities

Brackish marshes

Habitat Notes

Occasional in brackish marshes.

Site Tolerance

Moist; Waterlogged; Waterlogged

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Poorly-drained

General Notes

The flowers of Pratia species resemble those of Lobelia but the fruit is indehiscent and more or less succulent. 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

Fruit - oval-globular, indehiscent

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

May be propagated by division.