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Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use Identification & Control
of Common Weeds

Botanical Name:Patersonia occidentalis var. occidentalis 
Common Name:Purple Flag  , Long 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.
Further
Information:
  1. Whitehorse Council 
  2. Yarra Ranges Council 
  3. Wikipedia (free online encyclopedia) 
  4. Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (VICFLORA) 


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