| Veronica hederifolia L., it is an ascending to decumbent, usually densely branched annual, 10-60 cm long. Leaves ± fleshy, petiolate, sub orbicular, 3-7 lobed, with a large terminal lobe, mostly alternate but the lowest opposite, 7-15 (-20) x 8-16 (-24) mm. Flowers solitary axillary, blue or liliac; pedicel ± exceeding the bracts. Calyx segment 4-6 x 4-5 mm, cordate ovate, acute, somewhat erect in fruit, glabrous on surface, strongly ciliate on margins. Capsule c. 4 x 4 mm, subglobose, slightly 4-lobed, glabrous with 0.3-1.1 mm style. Seeds ellipsoid to globose, 2-4 per capsule, bright yellow, 2.3-3.3 x 2-3 mm, strongly rugose with an involute, thinner and broader margin. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Feb-Jun , Vern:——————, Phytochoria: S-Cosm , The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Europe to Medit. and Central Asia. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information:https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:812075-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/812075-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000425778, https://www.gbif.org/species/3172070, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/93100/veronica-hederifolia-l, https://maltawildplants.com/PLNT/Veronica_hederifolia.php, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/1224.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_veroniquelierre.php, https://botany.cz/cs/veronica-hederifolia/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_hederifolia |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Reported from Gharian, Al-Asaba by Durand & Barratte | Reported from Wadi Derna by Durand & Barratte |
| 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 |
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