GOODENIACEAE

Swamp Weed

 

0.02m - 0.15m (2-15cm) 

Solitary, fan-shaped with 5 petals almost white on inside, dull red or purplish-grey outside. 

 

Small herb with yellowish stem running along or sometimes under the ground. 

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

Sedgeland and Wetland; Salt marshes and tidal streams 

Widespread and locally abundant on the landward margins of salt marshes, also inland on margins of streams and lakes and on ground subject to flooding. 

Moist; Waterlogged 

 

Poor; Poorly-drained 

Suitable below powerlines. 

Fruit c6mm long, succulent with seeds flattened, brown with a thick irregular white border 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*6-8 weeks 

 

Yes 

Usually grown from cuttings or by division. Selliera has been successfully propagated from leaf cuttings also. Take either a leaf or leaf plus stem and placing it in cutting medium.* Select semi-matture leaves from the stems and set them in a standard cutting medium at a slight angle from the vertical with the stem end of the leaf about 1cm below the surface.