Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Hackelia latifolia

Flower, seed case, and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Monga National Park east of Braidwood

Flowering stems. Photographer Don Wood, Buckenbowra State Forest west of Batemans Bay

Plant. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, near Robertson

Common name

Forest Hound's Tongue

Family

Boraginaceae

Where found

Wet forest, rainforest margins, and moist places in open forest. Coast, ranges, and tablelands. Naturalised in the ACT.

Notes

Perennial herb. Stems trailing, to 1 m long or more, sparsely covered with small retrorse prickle-like bristles. 'Seeds' 2–3.5 mm long, outer face densely prickly, sticking to clothing. Leaves alternating along the stems, 2–8 cm long, 10–60 mm wide, upper surface more or less densely hairy, lower surface with hairs restricted to the veins, tips mucronate, margins often wavy with small prickle-like bristles. Flowers white, pale blue, or pale mauve, funnel-shaped, usually with 5 lobes, 2-5 mm long, usually single.  Flowering: October–May.

This name has not yet been approved bt the Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (accessed 20 April 2021)

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Hackelia~latifolia  (accessed 20 April 2021)