| Veronica cymbalaria Bodard, it is an annual, decumbent to ascending, pubescent, usually densely branched, 10-30 cm long. Petiole in lower leaves 5-30 mm, mostly eglandular pubescent on side, very rarely glandular or ± glabrous; lamina 6-20 x 9-20 mm, 5-9 lobed, sub equal lobes and a truncate subcordate or cuneate base. Flowers white, spreading or recurved, eglandular or glandular pubescent, up to 15-30 mm in fruit. Calyx 3-5 mm long, segments ovate at sub ovate, obtuse spreading in fruit covered with erect, spreading coarse hairs. Corolla 6-10 (-12) mm in diameter. Capsule slightly 2-lobcd, transversely ellipsoid, with a keel, covered with long glandular or eglandular hairs. 2.5-3.5 x 3.5-4.5 mm; style c. 1.5 mm long. Seeds c. 4, sub globose 2-2.5 x 2-2.5 mm. cup-shaped, ruglose, orange-brownish. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Jan-Mar , Vern:—————, Phytochoria: MED+IT, The native range of this species is Medit. to W. Iran and Arabian Peninsula. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:811879-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/811879-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000419536, https://www.gbif.org/species/3172068, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/150922/veronica-cymbalaria-bodard, https://maltawildplants.com/PLNT/Veronica_cymbalaria.php, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/3911.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_veronicacybalaria.php, http://www.flowersinisrael.com/Veronicacymbalaria_page.htm |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Wadi El-Kauf, wadi bed 1968 |
| 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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