Scientific Name: Lawrencia spicata

Common Name: candle saltmallow

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Malvaceae

Form Description: Stout perennial herb, stem erect, almost woody at base and purplish in colour, simple or sparingly branched.

Flowers: Greenish-yellow, stalkless, hermaphrodite, 5-petalled and forming a dense, terminal spike.

Fruit: Schizocarp – separate into 1-seeded carpels, angular and pointed at the apex.

Municipality
Break O’DayClarenceDerwent ValleyDorsetFlindersGlamorgan-Spring BayKingboroughLatrobeNorthern MidlandsSorellTasman
Plant Communities
Coastal VegetationSaltmarsh
Habitat Notes

Common in saltmarshes.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist, Waterlogged

Soil Tolerance

Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained, Sandy

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
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  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
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  • Cutting Month
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Propagation Method

Seed Information

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.

Germination Time

2-3 weeks