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Scientific Name
Selliera radicans
Family Name
GOODENIACEAE
Common Name
Swamp Weed
Status
Height
0.02m - 0.15m (2-15cm)
Flowers
Solitary, fan-shaped with 5 petals almost white on inside, dull red or purplish-grey outside.
Fruit
Form
Small herb with yellowish stem running along or sometimes under the ground.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Brighton; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Huon Valley; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; West Coast; West Tamar
Communities
Sedgeland and Wetland; Salt marshes and tidal streams
Habitat Notes
Widespread and locally abundant on the landward margins of salt marshes, also inland on margins of streams and lakes and on ground subject to flooding.
Site Tolerance
Moist; Waterlogged
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
Poor; Poorly-drained
General Notes
Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Collecting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Sowing Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Cutting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Fruit c6mm long, succulent with seeds flattened, brown with a thick irregular white border
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
*6-8 weeks
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Yes
Cutting Notes
Usually grown from cuttings or by division. Selliera has been successfully propagated from leaf cuttings also. Take either a leaf or leaf plus stem and placing it in cutting medium.* Select semi-matture leaves from the stems and set them in a standard cutting medium at a slight angle from the vertical with the stem end of the leaf about 1cm below the surface.
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