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Scientific Name
Pratia irrigua
Family Name
CAMPANULACEAE
Common Name
Salt Pratia
Status
Height
Flowers
Short stems or without stems, in axils with very small corolla 2-3mm long.
Fruit
Form
Slender perennial herb resembling Lobelia pratioides but hairless in all parts. Stems leafy, a few cm long.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; King Island; Latrobe; Meander Valley; West Coast
Communities
Brackish marshes
Habitat Notes
Occasional in brackish marshes.
Site Tolerance
Moist; Waterlogged; Waterlogged
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Poorly-drained
General Notes
The flowers of Pratia species resemble those of Lobelia but the fruit is indehiscent and more or less succulent. Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
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Sowing Months
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Cutting Months
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Seed Information
Seed Collection
Fruit - oval-globular, indehiscent
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
May be propagated by division.
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