Veronica anagallis-aquatica

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Family Plantaginaceae

Taxonomy: Veronica anagallis-aquatica L.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Veronica anagallis Tate (orthographic variant)
Veronica aquatica Bernh. (taxonomic synonym)
Veronica salina Schur (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Doherty_2021 (3), Mesaglio_2022 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (17), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (15), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (16), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2023 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_2021 (20). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 49 traits from 96 records in 14 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1) [sources: Doherty_2021]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 3.03 mm (2-4.3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 3.07 mm (2-4.2 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 3 mm (2.5-3.5 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 85.83 mm (15-125 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 20.33 mm (4-45 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); narrowly_elliptical (1); narrowly_ovate (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (2); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): aquatic (1); semiaquatic (1) [sources: SAH_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Stephens_2023]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyn (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: Mesaglio_2022; NHNSW_2014_2]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Doherty_2021]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Doherty_2021]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.8 m (0.8-0.8 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
eFLOWER_2021	19	20	J. Schönenberger, M. Balthazar, A. L. Martinez, B. Albert, C. Prieu, S. Magallon, and H. Sauquet. “Phylogenetic analysis of fossil flowers using an angiosperm-wide data set: proof-of-concept and challenges ahead”. American Journal of Botany 107.10 (2020), pp. 1433-1448. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1538.
NHNSW_2023	13	17	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
SAH_2023	11	16	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
RBGV_2023	11	15	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_2	5	5	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_2022	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_2022	4	4	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
Doherty_2021	3	3	M. Doherty. “Fire Severity and Plant Community Dynamics in the Australian Alps, Southeastern New South Wales”. PhD. Australian National University, 2021. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/224564.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Mesaglio_2022	1	1	T. Mesaglio. “Unpublished data: Comprehensive biodiversity survey of Wategora Reserve and Everley Park along Duck River, western Sydney”. 2022. doi: 10.32942/X29886.
Stephens_2023	1	1	R. E. Stephens, R. V. Gallagher, L. Dun, W. Cornwell, and H. Sauquet. “Insect pollination for most of angiosperm evolutionary history”. New Phytologist 240.2 (2023), pp. 880-891. ISSN: 1469-8137. doi: 10.1111/nph.18993.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.