Sprawling Bluebell

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Wahlenbergia gracilis


Sprawling fine many-branched erect herb to 50 cm with thickened taproot. Soft pale blue flowers to 6 mm.


Details
Flora Type
Herbs
Former Scientific Name
Wahlenbergia quadrifida
Other Common Names
Sprawling Bluebell
Distinctive Features

Blue flowers with a tube the same length as the lobes. Lower leaves are arranged in two rows and are alternate _ the other species in grasslands have the lower leaves opposite.

Biology

Annual or perennial. Woodland and wet and dry sclerophyll forest

Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Sep-Nov

Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Asterales
Family
Campanulaceae
Genus
Wahlenbergia
Species
gracilis

Named after the Swiss botanist. Goran Wahlenberg (1780-1851).


Interesting Facts
Similar Species

Similar to W. communis but flowers half the size.

Native Status
Native