Municipalities

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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Seed Collecting 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.