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Scientific Name
Rorippa dictyosperma
Family Name
BRASSICACEAE
Common Name
Lobed Rorippa
Status
Height
0.3m - 0.9m (30-90cm)
Flowers
Flowers c 1.2cm in diameter, petals narrowly obovate and white, stamens 6.
Fruit
Capsule (siliqua)
Form
Perennial herb, decumbent at base, branched and erect above.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Brighton; Burnie; Central Highlands; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Kingborough; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman
Communities
Wet Eucalypt Forest; Moist shady places
Habitat Notes
Common in moist shady places.
Site Tolerance
Moist; Moist; Shady
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
Fertile; Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Well-drained
General Notes
Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
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Oct
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Seed Collecting Months
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Sowing Months
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Aug
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Oct
Nov
Dec
Cutting Months
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Jul
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Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Fruit: a capsule, more or less erect, borne on spreading stalks about 1cm long. valves hve one conspicuous vein. seeds, 1 row per locule, oval and with thin, translucent margins
Seed Treatment Method
Standard
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
May be grown from seed.
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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