Wahlenbergia Schrad. ex Roth.
Flowers regular, funnel-shaped or rotate. Stamens free Wahlenbergia
Style constricted in the region of the pollen collecting hairs either close to the stigmatic branches (when the unopened stigmatic lobes appear almost globular) or c. half-way down (when the upper part of the style is distinctly thicker than the lower part)
Style constricted about half-way down. Corolla campanulate; lobes less than 4 times as long as the tube
Lower leaves alternate or, if opposite then broader than linear and capsule not 3 times as long as broad
Plants glabrous or nearly so. Lower leaves linear or narrow-oblanceolate, 4–60 mm long. Sepals 2–4 mm long. Corolla blue, lobes 5–9 mm long; tube 2–3 mm long. Capsule obconic 3–8 mm long, glabrous. Tufted perennial herb up to 80 cm high, with few stems from the base but branching above. Widespread. Open forests, grasslands and heath. Fl. most of the year Wahlenbergia littoricola
Plants hirsute towards the base. Lower leaves obovate to oblanceolate, hirsute, up to 80 mm long. Sepals 2–6 mm long. Corolla lobes 6–19 mm long, tube 2–6 mm long. Capsule obconic 3–10 mm long, glabrous or hairy. Tufted perennial up to 80 cm high, with few stems from the base but branching above. Blue Mts Open forests. Fl. most of the year Wahlenbergia graniticola