Scientific Name: Veronica formosa Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region

Common Name: common speedwell bush

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Plantaginaceae

Form Description: Shrub with slender erect branches.

Height (m): 1 – 2

Flowers: 4-petalled, pale to lilac-blue with two long purplish stamens in loose spikes at tips of stem.

Fruit: Papery capsule – 2-lobed inflated capsules which split from the top and remain on bushes long after seed has been shed.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral HighlandsGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayGlenorchyHobartHuon ValleyKingboroughLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSorellSouthern MidlandsTasmanWaratah-WynyardWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Coastal VegetationRiparian
Habitat Notes

Widely distributed on rocky hillsides in the north and along some river banks in the east; coastal to about 1250m.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist, Rocky, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Fertile, Loam, Nutrient-poor, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

General Notes

Hardy small plant for well drained sites. Bird attracting.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
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  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
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Propagation Method
Seed, Cuttings, Division

Seed Information

Seed Treatment Method

Standard Scatter seed thinly on to damp potting mix. Hold seed in place by covering with more potting mix to approximately the depth of the seed size.

Cutting & Division Information

Usually propagated from cuttings.