Veronica grisebachii is a small flower in the family Plantaginaceae native from Bulgaria to Turkey.
Veronica grisebachii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Plantaginaceae |
Genus: | Veronica |
Species: | V. grisebachii
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Binomial name | |
Veronica grisebachii Walters [1]
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Description
editA small, annual, blue-flowered speedwell, growing upright to 15(20) cm, often very branched, covered with stiff, moderately-sized hairs. It has deeply-divided stem leaves (3–5 parted), but with the lowest only poorly divided or not at all; its blue flowers are 8–12 mm across with darker blue veins, however the flowers are occasionally white with blue veins, and at the centre the style is moderately long (2–4 mm), eventually fruiting with narrowly triangular capsules (3.5–4.5 mm long). [2]
Photographic examples can be seen on iNaturalist.
Distribution and habitat
editIts native range is Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey.[1]
In Turkey its habitat is open macchie, Pinus forests, steppe, scree, fields, 700–1600 m.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Veronica grisebachii Walters | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". powo.science.kew.org. Retrieved 2024-08-27. (with map)
- ^ a b Davis. Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, vol. 6, p.715.