Tall Bluebell

Tall Bluebell

Tall Bluebell

Wahlenbergia stricta


 

Perennial with thick taproot. 
 

Details Description
Type
Herb
Group
Bluebell
Identifying Characteristics

Upright herb with stems to 90 cm tall. Leaves hairy, oblong, to 70 mm long and 13 mm wide, with wavy edges. Flowers pale blue, held at the end of stems. Flowers August-January.

Distinctive Features

Large bell-like, light to deep blue, five petalled flowers to 2 cm wide, with wavy leaves.

Life Form Group
Herb
Life Form Codes
Large Herb (LH)
EVC types
EVC 132_62: Lighter-soils Plains Grassland
EVC 55_61: Plains Grassy Woodland
Native Status
Native to Australia
Taxonomy
Phylum
Charophyta
Class
Equisetopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Campanulaceae
Genus
Wahlenbergia
Species
stricta
Tall Bluebell
Occurs in Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales, Tasmania, Queensland 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.