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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.