Prodr. 435 (1810) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Native
Stoloniferous perennial; stolons to 50 cm long; flowering stems 5–45 cm high, villous, hairs in lateral bands (scattered elsewhere), fine, 1–2 mm long, simple, spreading or recurved. Leaves ovate or broad-ovate, 7–30 mm long, 5–20 mm wide, apex rounded or broad-acute, base truncate to slightly cordate, margins with 3–13 pairs of coarse and irregular obtuse teeth; petiole 2–20 mm long. Racemes lateral, 1.5–8 cm long, to 10-flowered or occasionally flowers solitary; peduncle 0–25 mm long; bracts 3–9 mm long; pedicels 3–30 mm long. Calyx-lobes 6.5–8.5 mm long, 2.5–5 mm wide in fruit, ciliate; corolla 4–6 mm long, pale blue or lilac. Capsule broad-obovate, 2.6–5.8 mm long, 2–5.5 mm wide, emarginate, margin with dense fine erect hairs especially towards apex; style 2–2.5 mm long. Flowers spring and summer.
CVU, DunT, EGL, EGU, GipP, Glep, Gold, GGr, HFE, HNF, HSF, MonT, NIS, OtP, OtR, SnM, Strz, VAlp, VRiv, VVP, WaP, WPro, Wim. All states except NT. Except for the north-west and higher subalpine to alpine areas, widespread through the state in forest and woodland communities.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Wimmera | present | native | |
Glenelg Plain | present | native | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | native | |
Victorian Riverina | present | native | |
Gippsland Plain | present | native | |
Otway Plain | present | native | |
Warrnambool Plain | present | native | |
Goldfields | present | native | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | native | |
Greater Grampians | 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 | |
Otway Ranges | present | native | |
Strzelecki Ranges | present | native | |
Monaro Tablelands | present | native | |
Highlands-Far East | present | native | |
Victorian Alps | present | native | |
Snowy Mountains | present | native |
State |
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Western Australia |
South Australia |
Queensland |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |