Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Gratiola peruviana
Austral brooklime, Australian brooklime
Plantaginaceae
Forest and woodland, along streams and in moist sites, and in water. Widespread.
Perennial herb to 0.50 m tall or sprawling, somewhat sticky, hairless to hairy. Stems sometimes rooting at the base. Leaves opposite each other, 1-4.5 cm long, 5-27 mm wide, margins toothed, bases stem-clasping. Flowers 6-12 mm long, pink with fine red-purple striations, tubular, with 5 lobes, obscurely 2-lipped, stalkless. Flowers single, rarely paired, at the base of leaf-like bracts. Flowers Spring to Autumn.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
Family was Scrophulariaceae.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Gratiola~peruviana (accessed 19 January, 2021)
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