• Spreading perennial groundcover from the Mediterranean. Trailing stems contain milky sap, and grow roots where they touch the soil. Tolerates a wide range of conditions.
• Pointed oval leaves are dark, tough and shiny.
• Flowers are 5 petalled, violet-blue, appearing mainly in spring.
• Some seed produced, but spread is mainly from runners.

Often dumped on bushland edges, spreads from root and stem pieces rooting down or washing down watercourses; from dumped soil; possibly also from seed.

Forms a dense mat of vegetation, smothering and excluding native ground species. Opens the habitat to weed invasion by preventing the germination of native ground covers, shrubs and trees.

Throughout the Blue Mountains.

Creeping Boobialla (Myoporum parvifolium); Native Violet (Viola hederacea); Gotu Kola (Centella asiatica); Common Dampiera (Dampiera linearis); Matted Bush-pea (Pultanaea pedunculata). Serbian Bellflower (Campanula poscharskyana).

A tough plant, difficult to control. Pull out all stems and dig out all roots. Do not mulch or compost: bag and send to tip. Repeat as necessary. Try cutting back, then spraying new growth. Cover to exclude light - eg with old carpet.