Veronica cymbalaria
Veronica cymbalaria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Plantaginaceae |
Genus: | Veronica |
Species: | V. cymbalaria
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Binomial name | |
Veronica cymbalaria Bodard [1]
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Veronica cymbalaria, the pale speedwell, glandular speedwell or cymbal speedwell is a species of flowering plant in the Plantaginaceae (Plantain) family. It is native to countries surrounding the Mediterranean and a little further afield, and has been introduced to parts of the Americas and New Zealand.
Description
[edit]A sprawling, white-flowered annual speedwell, able to cover areas under the right conditions, resembling Veronica hederifolia (Ivy-Leaved Speedwell) but with white flowers (6-12 mm diam) and more numerously lobed leaves (5-9 lobes). The sepals holding the flowers and fruit have broad lobes, whilst the fruit is shallowly dented at the top. The plant is usually lightly hairy, but can be very hairy or hairless. [2] [3]
Photographic examples can be seen on iNaturalist.
Distribution and Habitat
[edit]Native to countries around the Mediterranean and slight further afield - Native to Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Corsica, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Crete, Crimea, Lebanon, Syria, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicily, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey and ex-Yugoslavia countries, and introduced to Belgium, Chile Central, Great Britain, Louisiana, Netherlands, New Zealand North. [1]
Its habitat in Europe is cultivated ground and other dry, open habitats. [4]
Its habitat in Turkey is Macchie, open Pinus forests, rocky slopes, banks, dunes, walls, ruins, waste places and roadsides, 0-1200 m. [3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Plants of the World Online (with map)
- ^ Flora of North America
- ^ a b Davis. Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, vol. 6, p. 723.
- ^ Tutin. Flora Europaea, vol. 3, p. 250.
- Veronica (plant)
- Flora of Albania
- Flora of Algeria
- Flora of the Balearic Islands
- Flora of Belgium
- Flora of Bulgaria
- Flora of central Chile
- Flora of Chile
- Flora of Corsica
- Flora of Crete
- Flora of Cyprus
- Flora of the East Aegean Islands
- Flora of France
- Flora of Great Britain
- Flora of Greece
- Flora of Iran
- Flora of Iraq
- Flora of Italy
- Flora of Lebanon
- Flora of Libya
- Flora of Louisiana
- Flora of Malta
- Flora of Morocco
- Flora of New Zealand
- Flora of the North Island
- Flora of Palestine (region)
- Flora of Portugal
- Flora of Sardinia
- Flora of Saudi Arabia
- Flora of Sicily
- Flora of Spain
- Flora of Syria
- Flora of Tunisia
- Flora of Turkey
- Flora of Yugoslavia
- Flora of the Crimean Peninsula
- Flora of the Netherlands