Veronica densifolia (F.Muell.) F.Muell. is a plant in the Plantaginaceae family, order Lamiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Veronica densifolia (F.Muell.) F.Muell.

Veronica densifolia (F.Muell.) F.Muell.

Veronica densifolia is a small prostrate alpine shrub native to alpine New South Wales that flowers in summer.

Genus
Veronica
Order
Lamiales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Veronica densifolia (F.Muell.) F.Muell.

Veronica densifolia (F.Muell.) F.Muell. is a small, tufted, prostrate perennial decussate shrub that reaches roughly 10 cm (3.9 in) in height and around 20 cm (7.9 in) in width. Its leaves are mostly crowded, elliptic in shape, about 5 mm (0.20 in) long and 2.5 mm (0.098 in) wide, with fine hairs along the margins. They are sessile and have a blunt apex. The corolla can be white, pink, or purple, and measures 6–9 mm (0.24–0.35 in) long. The calyx is 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) long, with lobes that resemble leaves. Flowering of this species takes place in summer. The fruit is an egg-shaped capsule approximately 4 mm (0.16 in) long and 3 mm (0.12 in) wide, with hairy margins and a notch at its apex. This species grows on stony, windy outcrops and in low scrubland located in the alpine areas of New South Wales.

Photo: (c) Shirley Kerr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Shirley Kerr · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Lamiales Plantaginaceae Veronica

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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