Plants of the Castlemaine District.
Matted Pratia - native (Lobelia pedunculata)
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Family: Campanulaceae (Bluebell Family).
Occurrence. Uncommon. The specimen illustrated was growing as a garden weed, Castlemaine.
Identification:
- it a prostrate plant
- the leaves are shortly stalked and toothed
- the flowers may be on long slender stalks.
Lobelia: after Mathias de Lobel, b 1538, a Flemish botanist.
Image: Garden weed. Castlemaine.