| Family | PRIMULACEAE |
| Genus species | Samolus repens (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Pers. |
| Bibliography | Syn Pl. 1: 171 (1805) |
| Native Range | Norfolk Island, Tasmania, New Zealand, c. & s. Chile |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | saltings |
| Altitude | 0-800m |
| Description | stems trailing, 5-40cm long, basal leaves spathulate, petiolate, subcarnose, 1-5cm long, stem leaves smaller, numerous, flowers 5-10mm across, in short, terminal raceme |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | pale pink, white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Samolus ambiguus R.Br. Samolus littoralis R.Br. Samolus parviflorus Nees Samolus platyphyllus F.Muell. Samolus repens var. floribundus Benth. Samolus repens var. procumbens R.Knuth Sheffieldia incana Labill. Sheffieldia repens J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. |
| Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (NFK Norfolk Is., TAS Tasmania) 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North) 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (CLC Chile Central, CLS Chile South) |