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habit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
habit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
habit (Photo: Jackie Miles and Max Campbell)
creeping stem rooting at the joints (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
lower leaves (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
flowers and fruit (Photo: Jackie Miles and Max Campbell)
close-up of flower (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
leaves and immature fruit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
Scientific Name
Samolus valerandi L.
Family
Primulaceae (Victoria, the ACT, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory)Samolaceae (Queensland)Theophrastaceae (New South Wales)
Common Names
brookweed, common brookweed, seaside brookweed, water pimpernel
Origin
This species is native to large parts of the world (i.e. Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas). It is also considered to be native to large parts of eastern Australia (i.e. south-eastern Queensland, eastern New South Wales, the ACT and eastern Victoria).
Naturalised Distribution
Naturalised in the coastal districts of south-western Western Australia.
Notes
Brookweed (Samolus valerandi) is regarded as an environmental weed in Western Australia.