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Scientific Name
Liparophyllum gunnii
Family Name
MENYANTHACEAE
Common Name
Alpine Marshwort
Status
Height
Flowers
Flowers are solitary and white, with a slightly hairy inner surface, and borne on stout stalks.
Fruit
Berries or drupes
Form
Small perennial herb with thick, fleshy leaves which are almost clustered in rosettes, and 12-25mm long.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Central Highlands; Derwent Valley; Huon Valley; Kentish; Meander Valley; West Coast
Communities
Habitat Notes
Margins of mountain lakes and tarns, often spreading throughout small pools, sometimes partially submerged.
Site Tolerance
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
Soil Tolerance
General Notes
Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
Jan
Feb
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Jun
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Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Collecting Months
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Sowing Months
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Feb
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Cutting Months
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Feb
Mar
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Dec
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Fruits are succulent and nearly spherical, 5-6mm in diameter, and contain numerous yellow seeds, 1.2mm in diameter.
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.
Cutting Notes
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