Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Botanical Name: | Patersonia occidentalis var. occidentalis |
| Common Name: | long purple flag, purple flag |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Ground Cover (up to 30 cm), Low Growing Shrub (30 cm to 1 m), Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting |
| Growing Conditions: | Full Sun, Partial Shade
Sandy, Clay, Wet, Boggy, Poorly Drained |
| Size (HxW): | 20-80 cm x 30-60 cm |
| Foliage: | Narrow erect flat leaves 8-55 cm x 2-10 mm, sometimes with brown margins and maroon bases. Convex on one surface. |
| Flowers: | Terminal clusters of 2-6 of bluish-purple or white flowers, 3 outer lobes larger and spreading, 3 inner lobes small, erect. Stems longer than leaves to 85 cm. Flower clusters surrounded by 2 brown to black bracts, September-January |
| General Comments: | Compact tufting perennial herb. Frog habitat. |
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