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Scientific Name
Callitriche sonderi
Family Name
CALLITRICHACEAE
Common Name
Matted Waterstarwort
Status
Rare
Height
Flowers
Paired, one female, one male, often in opposite leaf axils.
Fruit
Form
Small semi-aquatic, mat-forming herb with stalked, 3-veined, opposite leaves.
Municipalities
King Island
Communities
Habitat Notes
Known only from the Sea Elephant River on King Island. The species occurs on river flood plains and other flood-prone sites on the Mainland.
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 is small (less than 1mm long and wide), dark brown, heart-shaped and present for most of the year.
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
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