Poison Pratia - native (Lobelia concolor )

Family: Campanulaceae (Bluebell family).

Native of Eastern Australia.

Other names: It was formerly known as Pratia concolor.

Occurrence: Uncommon. Damp mud flats and seasonally wet places.

Identification:

• it is prostrate
• it has oval toothed leaves with an abruptly contracted base
• the stems are often purple, are sometimes zig-zagged, and root at the nodes.

Photos: Garden specimens.