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Scientific Name
Pratia surrepens
Family Name
CAMPANULACEAE
Common Name
Mud Pratia
Status
Height
stems 0.15m (15cm)
Flowers
Corolla pale blue or almost white, tube slightly longer than sepals, lobes narrow at base.
Fruit
Form
Hairless perennial herb with slender leafy stems, creeping or prostrate.
Municipalities
Burnie; Central Highlands; Dorset; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; Kentish; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; Tasman; West Coast
Communities
Montane Vegetation; Sedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes
In short alpine herbfield and wet grassland in the eastern mountains.
Site Tolerance
Exposed; Moist; Waterlogged; Windy
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
Phosphorous intolerant; 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
Flowering Months
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Sowing Months
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Cutting Months
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Seed Information
Seed Collection
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
Propagate by division.
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