Plants
Other Wildflowers & Herbs
Sighting 3384008

Veronica calycina

Hairy Speedwell at Isaacs, ACT

Veronica calycina at Isaacs, ACT - 26 Oct 2017 04:21 PM
Veronica calycina at Isaacs, ACT - 26 Oct 2017 04:21 PM
Request use of media

Identification history

Veronica calycina 17 Oct 2023 natureguy
Veronica calycina 27 Aug 2023 natureguy
Veronica persica 27 Oct 2017 BettyDonWood
Veronica sp. 26 Oct 2017 Mike

Identify this sighting

Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

5 comments

Mike wrote:
   27 Oct 2017
Quite common. It doesn't look like V. persica (or what I think is persica). I would have thought V. calycina but it doesn't match the common name of 'hairy speedwell'. What do you need for identification?
BettyDonWood wrote:
   27 Oct 2017
The character in the Vicflora key that distinguishes persica from calycina is that persica has single flowers on long stalks, while calycina flowers are in racemes, with several flowers along a stalk, occasionally single. Not in the key but an equally useful character is the long hairs in longitudinal bands on the stems of calycina. The hairs on the stems of persica, when present, are not in longitudinal bands.
Mike wrote:
   27 Oct 2017
I will have to rethink my identification of the Veronica that grows in my garden. I can't find any right now - must have done a good job on the weeding.
BettyDonWood wrote:
   27 Oct 2017
I wouldn't worry. Calycina does not like disturbed ground. Persica loves it.
natureguy wrote:
   27 Aug 2023
Pretty sure you're right here Mike. Will just get @Tapirlord to double check.

Please Login or Register to comment.

Location information

Sighting information

Additional information

  • True In flower
  • Less than 10cm Plant height

Species information

  • Veronica calycina Scientific name
  • Hairy Speedwell Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1496.62m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower

Record quality

  • Images or audio
  • More than one media file
  • Verified by an expert moderator
  • Nearby sighting(s) of same species
  • GPS evidence of location
  • Description
  • Additional attributes
833,210 sightings of 22,974 species from 14,456 members
CCA 3.0 | privacy
NatureMapr is developed by at3am IT Pty Ltd and is proudly Australian made