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Scientific Name

Lawrencia spicata

Family Name

MALVACEAE

Common Name

Salt Lawrencia

Status

Height

sometimes > 1.0m (100cm)

Flowers

Greenish-yellow, stalkless, hermaphrodite, 5-petalled and forming a dense, terminal spike.

Fruit

Nutlets

Form

Stout perennial herb, stem erect, almost woody at base and purplish in colour, simple or sparingly branched.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Kingborough; Latrobe; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Tasman

Communities

Coastal Vegetation; Salt marshes

Habitat Notes

Common in salt marshes.

Site Tolerance

Exposed; Moist; Waterlogged

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Poorly-drained; Sandy

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

Carpels separate into 1-seeded nutlets, angular and pointed at the apex

Seed Treatment Method

Standard

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

May be grown from seed.

Germination Time

2-3 weeks

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.

Cutting Notes