Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Botanical Name: | Veronica gracilis |
| Common Name: | slender speedwell |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Ground Cover (up to 30 cm), Low Growing Shrub (30 cm to 1 m), Bird Attracting |
| Growing Conditions: | Full Sun, Partial Shade
Moist, Well Drained |
| Size (HxW): | 15-30 cm x 1 m |
| Foliage: | Pairs of narrow lance-shaped leaves 1-3 cm x 1.5-9 mm, tip tapering, margins entire or with few pointed teeth. |
| Flowers: | Open clusters of pale blue with darker veins 1-6 cup-shaped flowers in upper leaf axils. Capsule glossy with few fine erect hairs near tip. September-December |
| General Comments: | Dainty spreading ground cover. Can be used as a suckering groundcover plant in a large container. Roots freely from underground stem. |
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