Flowers and leaves. Photo: Russell Best, near Bendigo, Vic

Flowers and leaves. Photo: Russell Best, near Bendigo, Vic

Flowers, fruiting body, and leaves. Photo: Russell Best, near Bendigo, Vic

Flowering plant. Photo: Russell Best, near Bendigo, Vic

Common Name

Shrub Violet

Family

Violaceae

Notes

Perennial forb or shrub to 1.5m tall. Leaves alternating up the stems, 0.5-3.5cm long, 0.5-7mm wide, linear to flat, hairless or rough, sometimes with turned down margins, tips blunt, pointed, or with a curved point. Flowers pale blue, mauve, or whitish, with 5 uneven petals, in clusters of 1-4 or more on a common stalk arising from the bases of the leaves.

Description and photo (as Hybanthus floribundus) in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales pages 501-502

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Hybanthus~floribundus