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Scientific Name
Gratiola nana
Family Name
SCROPHULARIACEAE
Common Name
Matted Brooklime
Status
Height
Flowers
Flowers pale pink, veins sometimes deeper in colour; solitary, axillary on short stems.
Fruit
Woody capsule
Form
Perennial herb with stems creeping, branches intertangled; procumbent or tips ascending.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar
Communities
Montane Vegetation; Riparian; Sedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes
Local in swampy ground, from sea level to mountain plateaux.
Site Tolerance
Moist; Waterlogged; Waterlogged
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Poorly-drained
General Notes
Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
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Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Collecting Months
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Feb
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Jul
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Oct
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Dec
Sowing Months
Jan
Feb
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Apr
May
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Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Cutting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Seeds, numerous, small, reticulate
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
Usually grown from cuttings or by division of creeping rootstock.
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