Scientific Name: Mitrasacme serpyllifolia

Common Name: thyme mitrewort

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Loganiaceae

Form Description: Perennial herb with slender, creeping, much-branched stems, forming sparse, short mats.

Flowers: Solitary, white and about 4mm in diameter.

Fruit: Capsule

Municipality
Break O’DayCentral HighlandsCircular HeadDorsetFlindersGlamorgan-Spring BayHuon ValleyKentishMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSouthern MidlandsWaratah-Wynyard
Plant Communities
Grassland
Habitat Notes

On mountains near the west coast, and grassy plains in the north-west, about 670m above sea level.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Seed

Seed Information

Seed Treatment Method

Smoke Smoke treatment improves germination in some species. Smokey products, e.g. smokey vermiculite, can be purchased and applied to the sown seed, or sown seeds can be treated directly with smoke from a source such as a drum with a fire and hose.

Seed Treatment Notes

Best results when seed sown fresh. Smoke treatment may improve results.