Mitrasacme serpyllifolia
Thyme Mitrewort
Prostrate perennial herb, often forming a mat, with weak, hairless or sparsely hairy stems.
Additional information
- FamilyLoganiaceae
- StoreyLower storey
- SizeProstrate x 10-20 cm
- Plant groupingHerbs & Groundcovers <1m
- LeavesNarrowly egg-shaped to elliptic leaves 2-12 mm x 1-6 mm, hairless or with hairs along recurved margins, tip blunt. Leaves paired, each pair at right angles to the next, joined at base.
- Flower colourWhite
- Flowering timeNovember to February, sporadic at other times
- FlowersTiny, single, bell-shaped flowers to 4 mm wide on hairless stalks to 10 mm long, in upper leaf axils. Small fruit is round but flattened.
- Bird attractingNo
- Butterfly attractingNo
- Frog habitatNo
- Growing conditionsPoorly drained to freely draining moist soils in foothill forests locally. Full sun, semi shade. Frost and snow tolerant.
- Garden useA ground cover for rockeries and small gardens in moist sites and in mountain areas to 600+m. Container planting, especially as a weeping living mulch over the pot edge.
- Commercially availableNever
- Conservation statusSignificant within the Shire. Known from very few local sites, possibly remaining in one site. Last collectioned in other sites in 1907 and 1918.
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