Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Mazus pumilio
Common name
Swamp mazus
Family
Phrymaceae
Where found
Woodland, heath, and grassland, in, or on the margins of, swamps or boggy sites. Coast and ranges south from Eden and Bombala.
Notes
Perennial herb, rhizomatous. Flower stalks to 0.14 m high. Stems hairless. Leaves in a basal rosette, 0.8–5.5 cm long, 2.5–18 mm wide, margins toothed, wavy, or almost entire, upper surface a different colour from lower surface. Flowers pale blue or mauve to purple, 7.5–12 mm long, tubular, the tube pale to white, boss closing the throat flecked or entirely yellow, or possibly white, 2-lipped, upper lip notched, the lower lip 3-lobed. Flowers usually in clusters of 1–4 at the tops of the flower stalks. Flowers Sep.–Apr.
Family Mazacaeae in PlantNET.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Mazus~pumilio (accessed 20 April 2021)
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