Scientific Name: Glossostigma elatinoides
Common Name: small mudmat
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Phrymaceae
Threatened Species Status: Rare
Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.
Form Description: A small aquatic herb, much-branched, prostrate, ascending at the tips, forming dense patches 5-10cm diameter.
Flowers: Flowers solitary, in axils; corolla white, stamens 4, shorter than corolla, stigma large, bearded.
Fruit: Capsule – containing numerous seeds.
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Habitat Notes
On the banks of streams in the north of the State, may be more or less submerged in shallow water.
Site Tolerance
Moist, Waterlogged
Soil Tolerance
Poorly-drained
General Notes
Aquatic plant.
Propagation Calendar
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Sowing Month
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Cutting Month
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Collect by hand. Dry to extract seed and sieve to clean. Flowers sporadically at other times of year, apart from summer, so seed collection times will vary.
Seed Treatment Method
Standard Scatter seed thinly on to damp potting mix. Hold seed in place by covering with more potting mix to approximately the depth of the seed size.
Seed Storage Life
Short
Seed Treatment Notes
Seed should be sown fresh as it has a short period of viability.
Cutting & Division Information
Can be propagated from cuttings.