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Scientific Name
Samolus repens
Family Name
PRIMULACEAE
Common Name
Creeping Brookweed
Status
Height
ground cover
Flowers
White or pink, with five rounded petals about 1.5cm in diameter, arising from leaf axils. Produces a 5-valved capsule.
Fruit
Capsule
Form
Perennial, prostrate herb, with wiry stems to 60cm which often root in the substrate. Basal leaves up to 5cm long, others smaller and narrower.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Brighton; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Clarence; Devonport; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Huon Valley; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; West Coast; West Tamar
Communities
Habitat Notes
Widespread in salt and brackish marshes, and around cliff seepages.
Site Tolerance
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
General Notes
Easily grown from seed, cuttings or division. Cover lightly, requires some lime in potting media. Good plant for wet conditions such as bog gardens or the side of ponds, grows in sun or part shade. Spreading, salt-tolerant groundcover. 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
Seed Treatment Method
Bog 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
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