Scientific Name: Lycopus australis

Common Name: australian gypsywort

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Lamiaceae

Threatened Species Status: Endangered

Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.

Form Description: Perennial herb with erect rigid stems.

Height (m): 1 – 1.5

Flowers: Small, white, four-lobed flowers, arranged in dense clusters in the leaf axils.

Fruit: Nut – 1.5 mm long with a smooth outer surface.

Municipality
DorsetLatrobeLauncestonNorthern Midlands
Plant Communities
No data available for this species
Habitat Notes

Occasional but widespread in moist shaded places.

Site Tolerance

Moist, Shady, Moist, Shady

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Seed, Cuttings

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Can be grown from seed with good results.

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

Can be propagated from cuttings.