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Veronica gracilis

Slender Speedwell at Kosciuszko National Park

Veronica gracilis at Kosciuszko National Park - 30 Dec 2023 10:54 AM
Veronica gracilis at Kosciuszko National Park - 30 Dec 2023 10:54 AM
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Identification history

Veronica gracilis 1 Feb 2024 Tapirlord
Unidentified 30 Dec 2023 brunonia

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6 comments

MichaelMulvaney wrote:
   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
brunonia wrote:
   1 Jan 2024
I should have apologised for the quality of the image! I have a specimen, but it is equally poor.
Tapirlord wrote:
   1 Feb 2024
Post flowering, I encountered these recently on long plain
brunonia wrote:
   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.
Tapirlord wrote:
   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
brunonia wrote:
   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.)

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Additional information

  • 10cm to 30cm Plant height

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
  • Machine learning
  • In flower

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