- Pronunciation: low-BEEL-ee-ah pur-pur-ESS-ens
- Common Name: Whiteroot
- Derivation: Lobelia: after 17th cent. Flemish botanist Mathias de Lobel, physician to James I. purpurascens: purplish
- Type: Herb, creeping, short-lived Perennial
- Family: CAMPANULACEAE
- Size: 10 cm
- Flowers: White, summer
- Vegetation Type: Moist shady areas. Dry Eucalypt Forest,
- Species List: NLTalks2010, Weyba Nature Refuge, Eumarella Rd., Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, NNP service road, Cooroibah26.4.09, Wooroi Palm Grove, Tewantin Forest Gyndier, Fraser Island, Johns, Moist woodlandCranks Creek, Batianoff 87, Noosa North Shore PS, TAFE, Noosa Banks, NNS Frog Hollow, NNS Fern Track, BHNR, Stratford Park, Heritage Park,
Landscaping Notes
Makes a neat groundcover. Sun, part shade
