7579.000 Veronica L. - Speedwells

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves usually opposite but may be in whorls or alternate. Calyx usually with 4 lobes, the fifth when present, small. Flowers usually blue, rarely white or pinkish. Corolla with a very short tube and rotate 4-lobed limb. Stamens 2. Capsule ± laterally flattened.

Derivation of name: Named after St Veronica.

Worldwide: 180 species, mainly N temperate, a few on tropical mountains and in the S Hemisphere; some subcosmopolitan weeds

Veronica persica

Links to taxa:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesLinks to mapsFZ divisionsContent
abyssinica Fresen.E
anagallis-aquatica L.C,S
javanica BlumeC,EDescription, Image
persica Poir.CDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Veronica:

Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Veronica page
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Veronica
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Veronica
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Veronica
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Veronica
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Veronica

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Veronica.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1286, retrieved 19 June 2013

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