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Scientific Name

Hydrocotyle muscosa

Family Name

APIACEAE (UMBELLIFERAE)

Common Name

Mossy Pennywort

Status

Height

prostrate

Flowers

Inflorescences are simple terminal heads with 3-4 insignificant flowers

Fruit

Woody capsule

Form

Small perennial mat herb with rhizomes or creeping stems

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Clarence; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Montane Vegetation; Riparian; Sedgeland and Wetland

Habitat Notes

Locally frequent in wet places in montaine heath and on banks of streams

Site Tolerance

Exposed; Moist; Moist

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

Fertile; Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Poorly-drained; 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

Seed Treatment Method

Standard

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Good results are had from seed, requiring no treatment, but as collection is tedious 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

Usually propagated by division.