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.
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Propagation Method
Cuttings, Division
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Not usually propagated from seed as it is difficult to collect.
Cutting & Division Information
Grown by division or from cuttings.