Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Botanical Name: | Wahlenbergia stricta synonym: Wahlenbergia gracilis var. stricta |
| Common Name: | austral bluebell, australian bluebell, tall bluebell |
| 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, Popular (home), Cottage, Indigenous Plant Use |
| Indigenous Plant Use: | Flowers are edible and can be used in salads.CAUTION: Many plants are poisonous if not collected and prepared properly! |
| Growing Conditions: | Full Sun, Partial Shade
Moist, Well Drained |
| Size (HxW): | 20-50 cm x 40 cm |
| Foliage: | Pairs of hairy, oblong leaves 5-70 mm x 1-13 mm, margins wavy with small teeth. Leaves becoming narrow near flowers or stalk leafless in upper half. |
| Flowers: | Bell-shaped flowers to 30mm wide on long stems. Calyx hairy. Light to deep blue, sometimes white, with a white throat. Flowering from September to February. |
| General Comments: | Perennial herb dying back to thick taproot in autumn. Few to many stems usually few branched. Nectar for butterflies. A beautiful bluebell with well displayed flowers, excellent planted en masse or as drifts through small gardens, cottage gardens or under trees. |
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