Scientific Name: Elatine gratioloides
Common Name: waterwort
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Elatinaceae
Form Description: Submerged, hairless annual herb with opposite leaves and creeping stems, 30cm long.
Flowers: Single small flowers with greenish sepals and pink petals about 1mm long.
Fruit: Capsule – produces 12-50 cylindrical or curved seeds.
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Habitat Notes
Fairly common in marshes and the edges of still fresh waster in central and northern areas of the state.
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
General Notes
Annual aquatic herb. Self-seeds in good conditions. Requires sun or part shade, and is useful for disguising concrete pool edges. Suitable for poorly drained areas.
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Can be propagated from seed but also easily grown from cuttings.
Seed Treatment Method
Bog Method The seeds of many wetland species need to be kept wet to germinate. Punch a hole in the side of a recycled polyfoam box so that it holds water to the required depth. Sit the tubes in the box to germinate. Once germinated, punch holes in the bottom of the box to allow drainage.
Cutting & Division Information
Easily grown from cuttings. Can be grown by division