Scientific Name: Lobelia purpurascens

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  • Pronunciation:
    low-BEEL-ee-ah pur-pur-ESS-ens
  • Common Name:
    Whiteroot
  • Derivation:
    Lobelia: after 17th cent. Flemish botanist Mathias de Lobel, physician to James I. purpurascens: purplish
  • Type:
    Herb creeping , short-lived perennial
  • Family:
    CAMPANULACEAE
  • Flowers:
    White, summer
  • Vegetation Type:
    Moist shady areas. Dry Eucalypt Forest,
  • Species List:
    Leslie Drive Roundabout, NLTalks2010, Weyba Nature Refuge, Eumarella Rd., Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, NNP service road, Cooroibah26.4.09, Wooroi Palm Grove, Tewantin Forest Gyndier, Fraser Island, Johns, Moist woodlandCranks Creek, Batianoff 87, Noosa North Shore PS, TAFE, Noosa Banks, NNS Frog Hollow, NNS Fern Track, BHNR, Stratford Park, Heritage Park,
Landscaping Notes

Makes a neat groundcover. Sun, part shade