Prodr. 505 (1810) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Native
Soft herb, often sprawling, sometimes erect; branches often tinged purple, glabrous or hairy. Leaves narrowly ovate, 1.2–6 cm long, 0.8–2 cm wide, glabrous or shortly hispid (particularly on lower surface), apex acute, margin with 4–14 serrations; petiole 0–5 mm long. Flowers in dense 3–12-flowered clusters in axils of distal leaves; pedicels much shorter than calyx. Calyx 3–5 mm long, 13-veined, densely covered with short spreading hairs, lobes up to c. as long as tube; corolla white or pink, exceeding calyx by 1–3 mm, lobes c. 1–2 mm long, the posterior one emarginate; anthers shortly exserted. Flowers Feb.–Oct.
CVU, DunT, EGL, EGU, GipP, Glep, Gold, HNF, HSF, MonT, MuF, MuM, MSB, NIS, OtP, VAlp, VRiv, VVP, WaP, WPro, Wim. Also NT, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Tas. Widespread through the State, usually growing on margins of watercourses and swamps, lakes etc.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Murray Mallee | present | native | |
Wimmera | present | native | |
Glenelg Plain | present | native | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | native | |
Victorian Riverina | present | native | |
Murray Scroll Belt | present | native | |
Murray Fans | present | native | |
Gippsland Plain | present | native | |
Otway Plain | present | native | |
Warrnambool Plain | present | native | |
Goldfields | present | native | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | native | |
Dundas Tablelands | present | native | |
Northern Inland Slopes | present | native | |
East Gippsland Lowlands | present | native | |
East Gippsland Uplands | present | native | |
Wilsons Promontory | present | native | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | native | |
Highlands-Northern Fall | present | native | |
Monaro Tablelands | present | native | |
Victorian Alps | present | native |
State |
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Western Australia |
Northern Territory |
South Australia |
Queensland |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |