Scientific Name: Veronica plebeia

Common Name: trailing speedwell

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Plantaginaceae

Threatened Species Status: Rare

Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.

Form Description: Perennial herb, usually procumbent, spreading widely; sometimes rooting at the nodes.

Flowers: Few and variable in size, corolla reddish purple.

Fruit: Capsule 2-3.5 mm long containing numerous seeds.

Municipality
Break O’DayGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayLauncestonWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Coastal Vegetation
Habitat Notes

In Tasmania recorded only from limestone rocks at the River Gordon, Macquarie Harbour.

Site Tolerance

Rocky

Soil Tolerance

Well-drained

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
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  • Seed Collecting Month
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  • Sowing Month
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  • Cutting Month
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Propagation Method
Seed

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.