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SWAMP MAZUS FACTS |
![distribution map showing range of Mazus pumilio in Australia](https://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/density/map?q=Mazus+pumilio)
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License Common Name Swamp Mazus
Description Swamp Mazus is a small, perennial herb forming rosettes connected by rhizomes. Leaves bright green, obovate to spatula-like, 0.8-5.5 cm long and 2.5-18 mm wide with toothed or undulated margins on stalks 3-30 mm long.
Flowers in groups of 1-4, pale blue to purple, 7.5-12 mm long, well exceeding the 5 sepals (2.5-5.5 mm long). Flower a two-lipped tube with the lower and larger lip of 3 lobes and the upper lip shortly bifid. Fruit a capsule, 5-7 mm long.
Habitat Swamps, damp heath-lands, damp shaded forests. Indicative of fresh-water environments.
Distribution Native to eastern Australian and found in Victoria, south east of South Australia, eastern New South Wales, south east Queensland and Tasmania. Also found in New Zealand
Growth Characteristics Height (m): 0.1 Spread (m): 1 Soil Texture: sand, loam, clay Soil pH: acid soils, neutral soils, alkaliine soils Frost Sensitivity: moderately sensitive Minimum Rainfall (mm): 600 Flower Colour: purple Flower Season: spring, summer
(source: SA State Flora Catalog)
Classification
Class: | Magnoliopsida | Order: | Lamiales | Family: | Scrophulariaceae | Genus: | Mazus | Species: | pumilio | Common Name: | Swamp Mazus |
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