Long Grass Nature Refuge
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Small, soft perennial herb up to 30cm high with hairy stems, growing in a variety of habitats, especially rainforest and wet sclerophyll from Batemans Bay, NSW to Cape York, North Qld, NT and also occurring in PNG. Leaves simple, opposite, often jointed at the base, lanceolate to ovate, dark green above, purplish below with small glandular dots, 2-10cm long x 3-50mm wide, base rounded or sometimes cordate, apex acute to obtuse; petioles 5-30mm long. Inflorescence elongate, terminal flowers showy, up to 2cm long x 1.5cm across; tubular, on pedicels 1-8mm long; calyx 5-lobed, 4-8mm long, corolla narrow and long, abruptly expanding to 5 shortly pointed and asymmetrically arranged lobes, white, lilac or mauve, often with darker spots at the base of the lower lobe. Lower flowers on the stem usually much smaller, simplified and inconspicuous, often not opening. Fruiting body is a slender capsule, 10-15mm long, slightly hairy or glabrous, with few to many seeds. Flowering December to May.
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