Smooth Blue-flower: Flower with Raindrops

Smooth Blue-flower (Halgania andromedifolia)

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) - Shrubs & Bushes

Order:

Mints (Lamiales)

Family:

Forget-me-not (Boraginaceae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Smooth Blue-flower (Halgania andromedifolia)

This Photo:

Flower with Raindrops

Other name:

Lavender Halgania & Scented Blue-flower

Thank you Ralph Foster & Tony and Jenny Dominelli for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Smallish, stiff, shiny, green leaves. Pale green / white felted underneath.
Blossoms with a blue / pale-purple flower with 5 petals.
Leaves superficially resemble Beyeria lechenaultii leaves, but Halgania leaves are much larger and are pointy.

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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