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Scientific Name
Centella cordifolia
Family Name
APIACEAE (UMBELLIFERAE)
Common Name
Centella
Status
Height
prostrate
Flowers
Flowers very small, white to pink, or red, often in threes.
Fruit
Woody capsule
Form
Perennial herb with creeping stems or rhizomes
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Clarence; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar
Communities
Riparian; Sedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes
Widespread; locally abundant in swamps and margins of slowly flowing streams.
Site Tolerance
Moist; Waterlogged; Waterlogged
Frost Tolerance
Moderate
Soil Tolerance
Phosphorous intolerant; Poorly-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
Seed Treatment Method
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Not generally propagated from seed.
Germination Time
Suitable for Direct Seeding
No
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
Propagate from cuttings or by division of stems with adventitious roots.
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