| Veronica anagallis-aquatica L., it is an erect perennial (rarely annual), 10-60 cm (-100) cm tall, simple or often diffusely branched at the base, glabrous or rather sparsely glandular hairy. Leaves (15-) 20-100 x (5-) 7-5U mm, lower ovate-elliptic, ovate, often petiolate, upper ovate-lanceolate, sessile, usually amplexicaul, irregularly serrate. Racemes mostly glabrous or sometimes glandular pubescent, much longer than the subs tending leaves. Bracts linear, 4-5 mm long; pedicels 4-7 mm long, erecto-patent or somewhat arcuate-ascending. Calyx segments lanceolate to somewhat ovate, 2-2.5 x 1-1.25 mm erect in fruit. Corolla 5-10 mm in diameter, blue to violet, lobes rounded. Capsule ovate to orbicular or elliptical, 2.5-4 x 2.5-3 mm slightly cuneate, glabrous or somewhat shortly glandular-pubescent. Style up 10 2.5 mm long. Seeds many. somewhat oblong 0.5 x 0.4-0.5 mm. Life Form: Ch, Flowering in: Jan-May, Vern:————–, Phytochoria: S-Cosm, The native range of this species is Temp. Eurasia to Tropical Mountains. Notes: Wild in Libya, Rare in Liby.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:811610-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/811610-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000419633, https://www.gbif.org/species/3172086, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/93097/veronica-anagallis-aquatica-l, https://maltawildplants.com/PLNT/Veronica_anagallis-aquatica.php, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/1221.html, https://www.invasive.org/browse/subthumb.cfm?sub=12306, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/plantaginaceae/veronica-anagallis-aquatica, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_anagallis-aquatica |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Sabratah 1978 | Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020 | Wadi Lathrun, Susa-Derna costal road, Wadi Derna 1968 Shahat ruins, (4 km) E. from Shahat motel, Wadi Derna 1978 Ain Al-Dabusia 1979 Wadi (Valley) Stowah region 2007 Shahat old city 2017 Ain Mara 2020 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1982) Flora of Libya, Scrophulariaceae Vol. (88) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Al-Maqsabi, F. M. & Makhlouf, M. A. (2020) Vegetation cover in the Ain Mara region, Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar region – Libya. The Libyan Journal of Science (An International Journal): Volume 23, 2020. (In Arabic) https://uot.edu.ly/journals/index.php/ljs/article/view/122, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Farag-Elmokasabi-2 | Vegetation Cover of Ain Mara 2020 |
| El-Ahmir, S.M., Mahklouf, M.H., Shanta, M.B., Abo-Jaafer, H.A. (2020) Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District-Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology. Volume 8 / Issue 1. ISSN: 2348-7313. https://bit.ly/3VkL3Kh, https://scienceq.org/floristic-study-of-sedrores-mountains-in-gharyan-district-libya.php | Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan 2020 |
| Abusaief, H. M. A. (2017) Similarities between elevations in a rare species of some locations at Al- Jabal Al-Akhdar in Libya. International Journal of Environment ISSN 2077-4505.Volume: 06 Issue: 03 July-Sept. 2017, Page: 78-102. http://www.curresweb.com/ije/ije/2017/78-102.pdf | Similarities between elevations in a rare species 2017 |
| Abusaief, H.M.A. & Alwishish, F.M. (2017) Survey of endangered plants and description the seeds in some sites at Al-JabalAl-Akhdar of Libya. Curr. Sci. Int., 6 (3): 511-539, 2017 ISSN 2077-4435. http://www.curresweb.com/csi/csi/2017/511-539.pdf | Survey of endangered at Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar 2017 |
| Nawras, A. M. B. (2007) A study of the vegetation cover in the Wadi (Valley) Stowah region. Master Thesis. Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University-Libya. (In Arabic) |
