Municipalities

Image not available.

Scientific Name

Callitriche brachycarpa

Family Name

CALLITRICHACEAE

Common Name

Short Waterstarwort

Status

Height

Flowers

Male and female flowers occur together in the leaf axils.

Fruit

Form

Terrestrial annual or perennial herb with prostrate stems growing in tangled mats.

Municipalities

Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Derwent Valley; Devonport; Huon Valley; Northern Midlands

Communities

Habitat Notes

Damp areas or near the water line of creeks and rivers. Recorded from Gould's Country, and the Kindred, Picton and Forth Rivers.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Not usually propagated from seed as it is difficult to collect. Grown by division or from cuttings. 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 light brown, four-lobed and 1mm wide. Separates into 4 fruitlets at maturity.

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