Sprawling to erect annual; stems to c. 30 cm long, pilose or with scattered long, soft hairs. Leaves broad-ovate to elliptic, 4–22 mm long, 3–23 mm wide, apex obtuse to rounded, base cuneate or subcordate, margins coarsely toothed, pilose; petiole to 5(–10) mm long. Flowers solitary in axils of leaf-like bracts; pedicels often recurved, 20–40 mm long in fruit. Calyx-lobes 5–9 mm long, 2.5–3 mm wide in fruit, ciliate; corolla 2–6 mm long, blue or bluish-white. Capsule oblong, 4–5 mm long, 5.5–10 mm wide, emarginate, prominently veined, margin ciliate; style 1.8–3 mm long. Flowers winter and spring.
Wim, Brid, VVP, VRiv, MuF, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, CVU, NIS, EGL, EGU, HSF, HNF, OtR, Strz. Naturalised all States except NT. Native to south-west Asia. A widespread weed in pasture, crops, roadsides, disturbed sites, stockyards and gardens.
Source:
Briggs, B.G.; Barker, W.R. (1999). Veronica. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 509–516. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
