Common Name

Dwarf Brooklime

Family

Plantaginaceae

Notes

Perennial forb to 35cm tall, rarely sprawling. Leaves opposite each other, base sometimes stem-clasping, 0.5-2.5cm long, 1-8mm wide, flat, hairless to sparsely hairy, edges toothed to entire, with pointed tips. Flowers tubular, white, with 5 lobes, solitary on short stalks at the bases of the leaves, usually a flower at the base of each leaf of a pair. Family Scrophulariaceae in NSW and SA. Rare SA. Rare Vic.

eFloraSA description:  http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?form=speciesfacts&name=Gratiola_pumilo

Flower and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer AN Schmidt-Lebuhn, Illunie Nature Reserve, NSW