Scientific Name: Samolus repens var. repens
Common Name: creeping brookweed
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Theophrastaceae
Form Description: Perennial, prostrate herb, with wiry stems to 60cm which often root in the substrate. Basal leaves up to 5cm long, others smaller and narrower.
Flowers: White or pink, with five rounded petals about 1.5cm in diameter, arising from leaf axils.
Fruit: Capsule – 5-valved
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Habitat Notes
Widespread in salt and brackish marshes, and around cliff seepages.
General Notes
Requires some lime in potting media. Good plant for wet conditions such as bog gardens or the sides of ponds; grows in sun or part shade. Spreading, salt-tolerant groundcover.
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Easily grown from seed.
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.
Seed Treatment Notes
Covers seed lightly.
Cutting & Division Information
Can be grown from cuttings or division.