Shiny Swampmat

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Selliera radicans


Prostrate semisucculent mat-forming herb that roots from the nodes. Bright green spoon-shaped leaves in tufts along the stem.


Details
Flora Type
Herbs
Other Common Names
Swampweed
Distinctive Features

White to mauve fan-shaped flowers, reddish-brown on the outside. The five petal lobes are all equal in length.

Biology

Perennial. Moist soils in a range of wetlands, swamps and riparian situations.Tolerates salinity and drought.

Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Oct-Apr

Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Asterales
Family
Goodeniaceae
Genus
Selliera
Species
radicans

Also South America.


Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native