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Scientific Name

Lepilaena marina

Family Name

ZANNICHELLIACEAE

Common Name

Sea Watermat

Status

Rare

Height

Flowers

Male and female flowers on separate plants. Male flowers on dense, leafy shoots; females on slender leafy shoots that are often longer than the vegetative shoots.

Fruit

Achenes

Form

Annual herb with underground stems and linear leaves ending in a narrow, hard point.

Municipalities

Derwent Valley

Communities

Habitat Notes

Sandy and muddy tidal flats, with Zostera muelleri. Historically collected from Blackman Bay, the Swan River Estuary and Boomer Marsh; the only available current records are from Boomer Marsh.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Easily grown from division or cuttings. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Seed Collecting Months

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Sowing Months

Jan

Feb

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Oct

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Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

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Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

The small fruit is brown, oblong-shaped, dry and leathery, and 1.5mm long.

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