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Scientific Name
Veronica formosa
Family Name
SCROPHULARIACEAE
Common Name
Handsome Beauty
Status
Height
2.0m (200cm)
Flowers
4-petalled, pale to lilac-blue with two long purplish stamens in loose spikes at tips of stem
Fruit
Papery capsule
Form
Shrub with slender erect branches.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar
Communities
Coastal Vegetation; Montane Vegetation; Riparian
Habitat Notes
Tas. endemic. Widely distributed on rocky hillsides in the north and along some river banks in the east; coastal to about 1250m.
Site Tolerance
Exposed; Moist; Rocky; Windy
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
Soil Tolerance
Fertile; Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Well-drained
General Notes
Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
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Sowing Months
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Cutting Months
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Seed Information
Seed Collection
2-lobed inflated capsules which split from the top and remain on bushes long after seed has been shed
Seed Treatment Method
Standard
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
May be propagated from seed.
Germination Time
Suitable for Direct Seeding
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Cutting Notes
Usually propagated from cuttings.
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