Veronica lithophila (B.G.Briggs & Ehrend.) B.G.Briggs APNI* Synonyms: Parahebe lithophila B.G.Briggs & Ehrend. APNI*
Parahebe sp. A sensu Jacobs & Pickard (1981) APNI*
Description: Trailing perennial with stems ± woody only at base and to 50 cm long, prostrate and rooting at nodes; erect leafy lateral flowering stems to 15 c. or more high, with short curved hairs in longitudinal bands or densely covering stem.
Leaves spreading, broad-ovate, mostly 1.2–2.5 cm long, 8–15 mm wide, margins with 2–9 pairs shallow acute teeth, mostly glabrous; petiole 2–7.5 mm long Racemes 2–15 cm long, 3–18-flowered.
Calyx lobes 2–4.5 mm long and 0.7–1.8 mm wide in fruit, glabrous or sparsely hairy. Corolla 6–7 mm long, pale violet with darker veins.
Capsule broad-obovate or broad-elliptic, usually 3–5.5 mm long and wide, emarginate, glabrous, glossy.
Flowering: spring–summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows on cliffs or rock exposures, in pockets of soil over sandstone or quartzite; Blue Mtns-Colong region at 650-870 m alt., uncommon.
NSW subdivisions: CT
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Endangered
Text by B. G. Briggs & R. O. Makinson
Taxon concept: as under Parahebe lithophila in Fl. of NSW, Vol.3.
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