Branching Bluebell

Branching Bluebell
Branching Bluebell

Branching Bluebell

Wahlenbergia multicaulis


 

Perennial with thick taproot. In more exposed sites may have an annual life cycle.
 

Details Description
Type
Herb
Group
Bluebell
Identifying Characteristics

Small herb with few stems to 40 cm tall. Leaves dark green, oblong, wider towards tip with small bumps along the edges. Flowers pale blue, held at the end of stems. Flowers September-December.

Distinctive Features

Pale blue, five petalled, bell-shaped flowers to 2 cm wide, with oblong leaves.

Life Form Group
Herb
Life Form Codes
Large Herb (LH)
EVC types
EVC 132_61: Heavier-soils Plains Grassland
EVC 132_62: Lighter-soils Plains Grassland
EVC 132_63: Low-rainfall Plains Grassland
Native Status
Native to Australia
Taxonomy
Phylum
Charophyta
Class
Equisetopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Campanulaceae
Genus
Wahlenbergia
Species
multicaulis
Branching Bluebell
Occurs in Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales, Tasmania and Western Australia.

Distribution maps indicate current and historic locations where species have been sighted.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Endangered Status
DEPI Advisory List
Not listed
FFG Act
Not listed
EPBC Act
Not listed

The conservation status of species is listed within Victoria and Australia.

The Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) Advisory List consists of non-statutory advisory lists of rare or threatened flora and fauna within Victoria.

The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) lists threatened species in Victoria. Under the Act, an Action Statement is produced for each listed species.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian Government’s key piece of environmental legislation, listing nationally threatened native species and ecological communities.