Veronica gracilis
Slender Speedwell at Kosciuszko National Park
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| Veronica gracilis | Tapirlord | 1 Feb 2024 | |
| Unverified | brunonia | 30 Dec 2023 |
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6 comments
1 Jan 2024
Not the best of photos to do an ID on but the leaf shape and opposite subsessile arrangement made me think of Opercularia, but only Opercularia diphylla, fits the characters and it is not known from our area
1 Jan 2024
I should have apologised for the quality of the image! I have a specimen, but it is equally poor.
2 Feb 2024
Interestingly we found it again recently in Tassie, also similar elevation. An expert with us, suggested it could be a strange rust-affected specimen of Gonocarpus tetragynus? Every specimen we found had small brown rusty 'glands' on the back of the leaf.
3 Feb 2024
All the specimens I have found have also been rust affected. I wouldn’t have thought Gonocarpus based on habitats and the lack of leaf serrations
3 Feb 2024
Yes, I agree re lack of leaf serrations, but Gonocarpus was also in the Tassie and Top Hut sites, though I cannot remember about the Mt Clear site. It could be something to still be puzzling over when the next session rolls around!!(The Tassie expert was Mark Wapstra.)
Location information
- Coordinates 148.746025-35.879396
- Maps Kosciuszko National Park
- Places Nungar, NSW
Sighting information
- 6 Abundance
- 30 Dec 2023 10:54 AM Recorded on
- brunonia Recorded by
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
Collections
- brunonia Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Veronica gracilis Other Wildflowers & Herbs Plants
Species information
- Veronica gracilis Scientific name
- Slender Speedwell Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1727.19m Recorded at altitude
Seasonal activity
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In flower
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Record quality
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3 / 7
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