Fleshy Pratia

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Lobelia irrigua

Weak trailing slender suckering fleshy plant. Bright green leaves with barely-toothed margins. Tiny white five-petalled flowers, sometimes tinged with mauve.

Details
Flora Type
Herbs
Former Scientific Name
Pratia irrigua, Pratia platocalyx
Other Common Names
Salt Pratia
Distinctive Features

Tiny flowers are male and female on the same plant.
Biology

Perennial. Seasonnaly moist heavy soils. Toleratesand prefers brackish and saline situations.
Native Status
Native
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Asterales
Family
Campanulaceae
Genus
Lobelia
Species
irrigua

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

From the Latin irruguus= well watered or swampy, referring to the preferred habitat.

Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native