Phil Bendle Collection:Mazus pumilio (Swamp Mazus): Difference between revisions


Latest revision as of 14:02, 24 September 2019

Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Phrymaceae
Genus: Mazus
Species: M. pumilio
Binomial name: Mazus pumilio
Common name: Swamp Mazus

Mazus pumilio a low growing native ground cover has pretty small purple flowers in spring and summer. . The green leaves of Mazus form a flat rosette. This low growing ground cover has pretty small blue pink flowers in spring and summer. The leaves of Mazus form a flat rosette. It is found naturally on the edge of swamps. It is also found  in
Australia.  It grows to 2cm x 20cm wide.

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