Veronica verna

SPECIES

1. KingdomPlantae
2. PhylumTracheophyta
3. ClassMagnoliopsida
4. OrderLamiales
5. FamilyPlantaginaceae

Native toAfghanistan, Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark

Observations recorded34,083

Annuals. Stems erect, simple or fastigiate, 5-25 cm tall, hairs white and curly. Leaves early deciduous, lower ones short petiolate, middle sessile; leaf blade ovate, pinnatifid, 5-12 X 4-7 mm, hispidulous, segment margin crenate or entire. Racemes terminal and axillary, elongated, many flowered, glandular or hispid hairy; bracts alternate, lower ones lanceolate and lobed, upper linear and entire. Pedicel 0.5-2.5 mm. Calyx 4-lobed; lobes narrowly lanceolate, 3-veined. Corolla pale blue to blue-purple, rotate, ca. 1/2 as long as calyx; lobes orbicular to ovate. Stamens shorter than corolla. Capsule obcordate, strongly compressed, ca. 3 X 4 mm, base broadly cuneate to rounded, puberulent on surfaces, margin glandular or hispid ciliate. Style less than 1 mm, shorter to almost as high as notch. Seeds ca. 8 per capsule, flattened, convex on both sides, 0.7-0.9 X 0.5-0.7 mm, smooth. Fl. Mar-Jul. 2n = 16.

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🔬Museum specimens

Specimen records

2,137

With media

1,333

Family

Plantaginaceae

Collections

UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, CMN, OSU, MICH

Recorded in

Canada, Sweden, United States, India

Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Parent taxon

Veronica

Image

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