Scientific Name: Veronica gracilis

Common Name: slender speedwell

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Plantaginaceae

Form Description: Perennial herb with slender rhizomes or runners; wiry, erect aerial stems .

Height (m): 0.1 – 0.4

Flowers: Few pale blue flowers in upper leaf axils on stalks longer than the leaves.

Fruit: Capsule

Municipality
Break O’DayBrightonBurnieCentral CoastCentral HighlandsCircular HeadClarenceDerwent ValleyDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayHobartHuon ValleyKentishKingboroughLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSorellSouthern MidlandsTasmanWaratah-WynyardWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Grassland
Habitat Notes

Widespread and frequent, especially in grassy places.

Site Tolerance

Moist

Soil Tolerance

Fertile, Loam, Well-drained

General Notes

Growth is vigorous in friable, well-watered soil.

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
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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

Propagate from cuttings.