Municipalities

Scientific Name

Triglochin procerum

Family Name

JUNCAGINACEAE

Common Name

Water-ribbons

Status

Height

0.06m - 1.5m (6-150cm)

Flowers

slender form, flowers not densely clustered. Robust form, flowers dense

Fruit

Papery capsule

Form

extremely variable perennial, tufted or from a stout rhyzome

Municipalities

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

Communities

Coastal Vegetation; Montane Vegetation; Riparian; Sedgeland and Wetland

Habitat Notes

slender form, shallow water or exposed mud in fresh or brackish situations or damp areas in coastal sands, sea level to 800m. Robust from, Tas., usually aquatic in fresh water up to 1m in depth, occasionally on exposed mud, sea level to 1000m.

Site Tolerance

Exposed; Moist; Waterlogged

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Soil Tolerance

Clay; Loam; Poorly-drained; Sandy; Well-drained

General Notes

Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

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Seed Information

Seed Collection

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Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

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Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Cutting Notes