Gratiola peruviana
L. Austral BrooklimeDecumbent to erect perennial 10–30(–50) cm high, sessile glands obscure, otherwise glabrous or with sparse, rarely dense, coarse eglandular hairs on stems and leaves; branches often rooting at base. Leaves usually ovate to almost elliptic, usually 1.5–4.5 cm long, 6–27 mm wide (rarely to only 1 cm long and 4 mm wide), base stem-clasping, margins toothed. Flowers single in bract axils; pedicels 1–12 mm long; bracteoles 3–6 mm long. Sepals 3–6 mm long, lengthening to 8–10 mm in fruit; corolla 6–12 mm long, pink with red-purple striations, pubescent on the upper side of tube inside; staminodes 2. Capsule broad-ovoid, 4.5–7 mm long; style 1.8–3.5 mm long. Flowers spring and summer.
LoM, MuM, Wim, GleP, VVP, VRiv, MuF, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, NIS, EGL, EGU, WPro, HSF, HNF, OtR, Strz, MonT, HFE, VAlp. Also SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Tas. South America. Widespread in Victoria, growing in silt and mud of swamps, stream banks, and in shallow, still or flowing water.
Barker, W.R. (1999). Scrophulariaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 483–528. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
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