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Scientific Name
Mazus pumilio
Family Name
SCROPHULARIACEAE
Common Name
Swamp Mazus
Status
Height
Flowers
Purple (rarely white), 1.5cm long, with two white protuberances at the opening of the floral tube. Flowers are held above the leaves on slender stalks.
Fruit
Capsule
Form
Small perennial prostrate herb with green rosettes arising from rhizomes, leaves 1.5-7.5cm long.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Dorset; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; King Island; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; Tasman; West Coast; West Tamar
Communities
Habitat Notes
Frequent in lowland swampy ground and coastal sites.
Site Tolerance
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
Soil Tolerance
General Notes
Easily propagated by division of rhizomes. Prefers a damp situation with some sun, and is ideal for pool edges. Plant at 50cm intervals. Spreads rapidly by layering. Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
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Seed Information
Seed Collection
Numerous, propagation from seed is easy. Fresh seed recommended.
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Germination Time
Suitable for Direct Seeding
Cuttings
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Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Yes
Cutting Notes
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