Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Collomia grandiflora
Common name
Grand Collomia, Large-flowered Collomia, Large-flowered Phlox, Large-flowered Mountain Trumpet
Family
Polemoniaceae
Where found
Disturbed areas. Kosciuszko National Park and the western edge of the ACT on the NSW side.
Notes
Introduced annual herb to about 1 m high, more or less hairy. Leaves alternating up the stems, 3–7 cm long, 6–15 mm wide, margins usually entire, tips pointed. Flowers buff or salmon-pink, about 25 mm long, narrowly funnel-shaped with 5 spreading lobes each about 5 mm long. Calyx sticky hairy. Flowers in head-like clusters. Flowering: summer.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Collomia~grandiflora (accessed 7 January, 2021)
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