Royal Bluebell

• Plant Type: Perennial herb.
• Common Names: Royal Bluebell.
• Color: Deep-Blue to purple.
• Flower Dimensions: 0.79-1.18 inches in diameter.
• Flowering Season: Between October and March.

Wahlenbergia gloriosais a perennial herb from the Family Campanulaceae.

• Royal Bluebell is a creeping to semi-erect plant with spreading rhizomes. The stems of the Royal Bluebell can be several to many. These stems are also wiry.
• The leaves of the Royal Bluebell are small, opposite, and dark green. Leaves have oblong wavy edges that become broad towards the apex.
• The flowers of Royal Blue are bell-shaped. They are erect on long slender stems. Usually, there are 5 petals in flower.
• The fruit of the Royal Bluebell is a capsule with an obconic shape.
• The Royal Bluebell is drought-tolerant and rabbit-resistant.

Where can Royal Bluebell be mostly spotted?

Australia

• The genus Wahlenbergia^[1] was proposed in 1814 by Heinrich A. Schrader, a German botanist, in honor of Gerog Goran Wahlenberg (1780-1851), a professor of botany at Appsula, Sweden.
• The specific epithet “gloriosa ” is a Latin word that means superb or glorious. This refers to the superb qualities of the species.
• Wahlenbergia gloriosa^[2] was announced on May 26, 1982, by the Minister for the Capital Territory, the Hon. Michael Hodgman, as the floral emblem of the Australian Capital Territory.
• A postage stamp that features the Royal Bluebell (Wahlenbergia gloriosa), designed by Betty Conabere, was issued on August 25, 1986.
• Noel Lothian first formally described Wahlenbergia gloriosa^[3] in 1947. The plant description was published in the Linnean Society of New South Wales Proceedings.