Scientific Name: Montia australasica

Common Name: white purslane

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Portulacaceae

Form Description: Prostrate perennial with creeping stems which root at nodes.

Flowers: 1-6 fragrant, white or pale pink flowers, 1.5-2 cm across on terminal cymes on stalks 3.5 cm long.

Fruit: Woody capsule

Municipality
Break O’DayBrightonCentral HighlandsCircular HeadClarenceDerwent ValleyDevonportDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayKentishKing IslandKingboroughLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSouthern MidlandsWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
RiparianSedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes

Widely distributed, occurring at most altitudes; common in swamps.

Site Tolerance

Moist, Waterlogged

Soil Tolerance

Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

General Notes

Has the capacity to be dormant during dry periods and regrow when conditions are suitable. 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, Cuttings, Division

Seed Information

Cutting & Division Information

Propagate from cuttings or by division.