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Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Botanical Name: | Gratiola peruviana |
| Common Name: | austral brooklime |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Ground Cover (up to 30 cm), Low Growing Shrub (30 cm to 1 m), Aquatic |
| Growing Conditions: | Full Sun, Partial Shade, Shade
Wet, Boggy, Poorly Drained, Aquatic |
| Size (HxW): | 30 cm x 1.5 m |
| Foliage: | Pairs of light green egg-shaped, stem-clasping leaves, 1.5-4.5 cm x 6-27 mm, margins toothed. |
| Flowers: | Single pink with reddish striped trumpet flowers, 6-12 mm long in leaf axils, stalkless or shortly stalked. October-May |
| General Comments: | Sprawling to erect perennial herb, rooting at nodes. Plant on edges of ponds and in permanently wet areas. Spreads by suckering. Can grow in shallow water to 15 cm. Frog habitat. |
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