Sp. Pl. 600 (1753) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Naturalised
Prostrate to ascending herb; branches to c. 50 cm long, often rooting at lower nodes, usually glabrescent except for a few simple hairs mainly near nodes. Leaves ovate to narrowly ovate, 1.5–6 cm long, 7–25 mm wide, surfaces with scattered coarse hairs, apex obtuse to subacute, base broadly cuneate to truncate, margin entire to obscurely toothed; petiole 2–20 mm long. Inflorescence c. 2–9 cm long; bracts broadly cordate to c. orbicular, 10–20 mm long. Calyx 6–7 mm long, teeth of abaxial lip slightly shorter than or equal to adaxial lip; corolla 8–12 mm long, tube barely exceeding calyx, deep purple-blue; abaxial pair of stamens inserted near the middle and adaxial pair inserted near throat of corolla-tube. Mericarps c. 2 mm long. Flowers Nov.–Apr.
*CVU, *DunT, *EGL, *EGU, *GipP, *Glep, *Gold, *GGr, *HFE, *HNF, *HSF, *MonT, *NIS, *OtP, *OtR, *SnM, *Strz, *VAlp, *VRiv, *VVP, *WaP, *WPro, *Wim. Also naturalised WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Tas. Native to Europe and temperate Asia. Excepting the far north-west, widespread and common on seasonally wet or permanently damp ground through much of the State.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Wimmera | present | naturalised | |
Glenelg Plain | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Riverina | present | naturalised | |
Gippsland Plain | present | naturalised | |
Otway Plain | present | naturalised | |
Warrnambool Plain | present | naturalised | |
Goldfields | present | naturalised | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | naturalised | |
Greater Grampians | present | naturalised | |
Dundas Tablelands | present | naturalised | |
Northern Inland Slopes | present | naturalised | |
East Gippsland Lowlands | present | naturalised | |
East Gippsland Uplands | present | naturalised | |
Wilsons Promontory | present | introduced | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | naturalised | |
Highlands-Northern Fall | present | naturalised | |
Otway Ranges | present | naturalised | |
Strzelecki Ranges | present | naturalised | |
Monaro Tablelands | present | naturalised | |
Highlands-Far East | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Alps | present | naturalised | |
Snowy Mountains | present | naturalised |
State |
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Western Australia |
South Australia |
Queensland |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |