Veronica fruticans

Jacquin

Enum. Stirp. Vindob. 2: 200. 1762.

Common names: Rock speedwell
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 318. Mentioned on page 305, 307.

Perennials. Stems ascending to erect, densely branched from woody base, (5–)10–15(–30) cm, eglandular-hairy, sometimes glandular-hairy. Leaves: blade obovate to ovate or spatulate, sometimes suborbiculate proximally, (7–)8–20(–25) × (2–)3–6(–7) mm, mostly shorter to equal to internodes, base cuneate, margins entire or ± crenate or serrate, apex acute, surfaces glabrous or glabrate. Racemes 1–10(–20), terminal, rarely with 1–4 axillary, 20–40 mm, (1–)4–10(–18)-flowered, axis glabrate to sparsely eglandular-hairy; bracts linear or linear-lanceolate or long-ovate, (1–)3.5–9(–15) mm. Pedicels erect, (2–)5–7(–15) mm, equal to ± longer than subtending bracts, eglandular-hairy. Flowers: calyx 4(or 5)-lobed, lobes (2.5–)4.5–6(–8) mm, apex obtuse, eglandular-hairy, sometimes also glandular-hairy; corolla intense blue, sometimes with reddish or white center, rarely white, rotate, (6–)10–14(–15) mm diam.; stamens 5–7 mm; style (3–)5–7(–8.5) mm. Capsules ± compressed in cross section, ovoid, (5–)6–8(–9) × (3–)4–4.5(–5.5) mm, longer than wide, apex attenuate to apiculate and acute, rarely rounded, not emarginate, eglandular-hairy, sometimes mixed with larger glandular hairs. Seeds 35–62, orange, ellipsoid, flat, 0.9–1.5 × (0.4–)0.9–1.2 mm, 0.2–0.3 mm thick, smooth. 2n = 16.


Phenology: Flowering (May–)Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Fissures, rocky places, scree.
Elevation: 0–1000 m.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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