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Scientific Name
Hydrocotyle callicarpa
Family Name
APIACEAE (UMBELLIFERAE)
Common Name
Tiny Pennywort
Status
Rare
Height
prostrate
Flowers
6-12 minute white to purple flowers in each umbel.
Fruit
Woody capsule
Form
A small annual herb with erect or ascending stems 2-8 cm high.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Brighton; Central Highlands; Clarence; Dorset; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; Kentish; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; West Tamar
Communities
Grassy Vegetation
Habitat Notes
Local in open and dry places; roadbanks
Site Tolerance
Dry; Moist; Shady
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Well-drained
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
Fruit - dry, indehiscent. 1mm long, black when ripe.
Seed Treatment Method
Standard
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Good results are had from seed, requiring no treatment, but collection is tedious and propagation is generally by division, which is easy.
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
May be propagated by division.
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