Scientific Name: Callitriche brachycarpa

Common Name: short waterstarwort

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Plantaginaceae

Form Description: Terrestrial annual or perennial herb with prostrate stems growing in tangled mats.

Flowers: Male and female flowers occur together in the leaf axils.

Fruit: Fruitlet – light brown, four-lobed and 1mm wide. Separates into 4 fruitlets at maturity.

Municipality
BurnieCentral CoastCentral HighlandsCircular HeadDerwent ValleyDevonportHuon ValleyNorthern Midlands
Plant Communities
Riparian
Habitat Notes

Damp areas or near the water line of creeks and rivers. Recorded from Gould’s Country, and the Kindred, Picton and Forth Rivers.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
CuttingsDivision

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Not usually propagated from seed as it is difficult to collect.

Cutting & Division Information

Grown by division or from cuttings.