Veronica densifolia
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| Veronica densifolia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Plantaginaceae |
| Genus: | Veronica |
| Species: | V. densifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Veronica densifolia | |
Veronica densifolia, is a flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae. It is a low-growing, spreading plant with pink, white or purple flowers and grows in New South Wales.
Veronica densifolia is a small, tufted, perennial, decussate, prostrate shrub about 10 cm (3.9 in) high and about 20 cm (7.9 in) wide. The leaves mostly crowded, elliptic-shaped, about 5 mm (0.20 in) long, 2.5 mm (0.098 in) wide, margins with fine hairs, sessile and a blunt apex. The corolla white, pink or purple, 6–9 mm (0.24–0.35 in) long, calyx 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) long and the lobes resembling leaves. Flowering occurs in summer and the fruit is an egg-shaped capsule about 4 mm (0.16 in) long, about 3 mm (0.12 in) wide, margins hairy and notched at the apex.[2][3]