Family Index

Scientific Name

Samolus repens

Family Name

PRIMULACEAE

Common Name

Creeping Brookweed

Status

Height

ground cover

Flowers

White or pink, with five rounded petals about 1.5cm in diameter, arising from leaf axils. Produces a 5-valved capsule.

Fruit

Capsule

Form

Perennial, prostrate herb, with wiry stems to 60cm which often root in the substrate. Basal leaves up to 5cm long, others smaller and narrower.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Brighton; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Clarence; Devonport; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Huon Valley; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Habitat Notes

Widespread in salt and brackish marshes, and around cliff seepages.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Easily grown from seed, cuttings or division. Cover lightly, requires some lime in potting media. Good plant for wet conditions such as bog gardens or the side of ponds, grows in sun or part shade. Spreading, salt-tolerant groundcover. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

Jan

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Jun

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Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

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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

Seed Treatment Method

Bog 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