- Pronunciation: har-den-BERGE-ee-ah vie-ah-LACE-ee
- Common Name: Native Sarsaparilla, False Sarsaparilla Vine
- Type: Vine - scrambles over low Vegetation
- Family: Fabaceae
- Size: to 2 metres
- Flowers: Purple in racemes, spring, summer
- Fruit: Pods
- Vegetation Type: Wallum Woodland
- Species List: Bush food, NLTalks2010, Cooroibah Airstrip, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, NNP Parkedge/Alex, Fraser Island, Cranks Creek, Batianoff 87, Noosa North Shore PS TAFE BHNR Marcus Dunes, NNS,Emu Mt.,
Cultural Notes
TAKE CARE! Some information about bush foods and medicines may be anecdotal. Correct identification and preparation is essential: Bush food. Sarsaparilla-tasting Leaves used as tea substitute by early settlers.
Purple flowers eaten raw.
Bush medicine: tonic drink
Identification Notes
Leaf 1-3 foliolate, Alternate.
Landscaping Notes
Noosa Council Preferred Species list . Suitable Plant for appropriate soil type (see Vegetation type). Vigorous Climber or scrambling Vine for average to well-drained situations. Ideal for covering logs or embankments. Sun, part shade.
Successfully propagated by Coolum Community Native Nursery.
Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery.
