Wahlenbergia gracilenta
Hairy Annual Bluebell
Single to few-stemmed hairy annual herb.
Additional information
- FamilyCampanulaceae
- StoreyLower storey
- Size10-30 cm high
- Plant groupingHerbs & Groundcovers <1m
- LeavesEgg-shaped leaves 1-40 mm x 0.2-11 mm, paired for first few nodes, becoming sparser and narrow lance-shaped, margins wavy.
- Flower colourPale blue
- Flowering timeSeptember to November
- FlowersTiny bell-shaped flowers to 6 mm wide at the end of stems. Petals are edible.
- Bird attractingNo
- Butterfly attractingNectar for butterflies
- Frog habitatNo
- Growing conditionsGravelly or loamy soils and seasonally damp mossy ledges in wet forests. Full sun to full shade.
- Garden useDainty little herb which will seed freely in some gardens, drying out as summer approaches.
- Commercially availableNo information available
- Conservation statusSignificant within the Shire. Known from very few local sites. Widespread outside the Shire..
- Aboriginal Use Food - flowers
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Photographer/s: 1 Geoff Lay, Royal Botanic Gardens Board ©; 2 Russell Best, NatureShare ©; 3 Neil Blair Royal Botanic Gardens Board ©; 4 Swee Oon ©
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