Scientific Name: Meionectes brownii

Common Name: swamp raspwort

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Haloragaceae

Form Description: Aquatic or semi-aquatic perennial herb.

Flowers: Flowers are insignificant, greenish with red petals, with up to 11 per head in upper axils.

Fruit: Nut

Municipality
BurnieDerwent ValleyFlindersKing IslandWest Coast
Plant Communities
Coastal VegetationRiparian
Habitat Notes

Near the coast and in freshwater pools and permanently wet sites where there is ample sunshine, in the south-west, west, and north coasts.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Waterlogged

Soil Tolerance

Poorly-drained

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
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  • Seed Collecting Month
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  • Sowing Month
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  • Cutting Month
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Propagation Method
Seed, Division

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.

Seed Treatment Notes

Germination can be slow.

Germination Time

At least 3-4 weeks