Family Index

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Scientific Name

Trithuria filamentosa

Family Name

HYDATELLACEAE

Common Name

Tasmanian Hydatella

Status

Height

Flowers

Minute, crowded on the end of the flower stem, which is much shorter than the leaves. Often has separate male and female flowerheads.

Fruit

Form

Very small herb with erect leaves 1-2cm long, forming clumps several cm in diameter.

Municipalities

Central Highlands; Derwent Valley; Huon Valley; Kentish; Meander Valley; West Coast

Communities

Habitat Notes

Local and uncommon, found submerged in lakes at Mt Field National Park and in the Central Highlands, also in swamps in the South West.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

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

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.

Cutting Notes