Flora of Victoria

Erect, rarely decumbent perennial herb 4–18 cm high, sessile glands obscure, otherwise glabrous or on all parts but the corolla with scattered, minute to coarse hairs, some possibly eglandular; branches erect to shortly prostrate and possibly rooting near base. Leaves narrow-ovate to -elliptic, 0.5–2.5 cm long, 3–7 mm wide, base cuneate to stem-clasping, margins toothed to entire. Flowers single in bract axils, sometimes only 1 at a node; pedicels 0.5–7(–9) mm long; bracteoles 1.5–4.5 mm long. Sepals unequal, 2–5.5 mm long; corolla to 7–9 mm long, white, sparsely hairy; staminodes 2. Capsule broad-ovoid, 2.7–6 mm long; style 1.3–2 mm long. Flowers summer.

CVU, DunT, EGU, GipP, Glep, Gold, GGr, HNF, HSF, LoM, MuF, MuM, MSB, NIS, OtP, RobP, Strz, VRiv, VVP, WaP, Wim. Also SA, NSW, ACT, Tas. Mainly confined in Victoria to the north and west of the State, on damp and drying mud beside lakes and watercourses and seasonally inundated depressions, but also with a few isolated records to the south and east (e.g. Pomborneit near Camperdown, shores of Lake Eildon, upper Snowy River).

Source: Barker, W.R. (1999). Scrophulariaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Updated by: Val Stajsic, 2020-03-24

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Asteranae

order Lamiales

family Plantaginaceae

genus Gratiola

Higher taxa

species Gratiola pumilo F.Muell.

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Gratiola pumilo in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Gratiola pumilo in Victorian Biodiversity Atlas

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Lowan Mallee	present	native
Murray Mallee	present	native
Wimmera	present	native
Glenelg Plain	present	native
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	native
Victorian Riverina	present	native
Murray Scroll Belt	present	native
Robinvale Plains	present	native
Murray Fans	present	native
Gippsland Plain	present	native
Otway Plain	present	native
Warrnambool Plain	present	native
Goldfields	present	native
Central Victorian Uplands	present	native
Greater Grampians	present	native
Dundas Tablelands	present	native
Northern Inland Slopes	present	native
East Gippsland Uplands	present	native
Highlands-Southern Fall	present	native
Highlands-Northern Fall	present	native
Strzelecki Ranges	present	native

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
South Australia
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria
Tasmania