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'''Wahlenbergia gloriosa''', or 'royal bluebell', is an Australian wildflower from the Campanulaceae family. It grows in high rainfall (for Australia) areas in the alps, in environs ranging from shady roadside cuttings on Mount Hotham to full sun herbfields on the Main range.
''W. gloriosa'' has small dark green leaves in rosettes, to 2 cm. The flowers are a deep blue/purple colour, and are very eyecatching. The colour is not reproducible on a computer screen or normal film (being a shade of violet, rather than purple). It grows as a suckering herb. The flower is the floral emblem of the Australian Capital Territory.
Wahlenbergias are generally easily propagated by division or root cutting.

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See also

★ Wahlenbergia stricta

External links

★ Australian National Botanic Garden's Wahlenbergia gloriosa page

★ Australian National Botanic Garden's ACT floral emblem page

★ ASGAP page