Scientific Name: Mazus pumilio

Common Name: swamp mazus

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Mazaceae

Form Description: Small perennial prostrate herb with green rosettes arising from rhizomes, leaves 1.5-7.5cm long.

Height (m): 0.1 – 0.2

Flowers: Purple (rarely white), 1.5cm long, with two white protuberances at the opening of the floral tube. Flowers are held above the leaves on slender stalks.

Fruit: Capsule – numerous

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral HighlandsDorsetGlamorgan-Spring BayKing IslandLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSouthern MidlandsTasmanWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Coastal VegetationSedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes

Frequent in lowland swampy ground and coastal sites.

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

General Notes

Prefers a damp situation with some sun, and is ideal for pool edges. Plant at 50cm intervals. Spreads rapidly by layering. Frog habitat.

Propagation Calendar

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

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Propagation from seed is easy.

Seed Treatment Notes

Fresh seed recommended.

Cutting & Division Information

Easily propagated by division of rhizomes.