Veronica filiformis Sm.
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Veronica filiformis Sm., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 1: 195 (1791)
Veronica filiformis Sm.
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Sm.
Sm.
1791
195
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Veronica filiformis Sm.
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Veronica filiformis
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Veronica filiformis Sm.
Prostrate, perennial herb, often mat-forming; stems creeping, rooting at the nodes, filiform, densely puberulent. Petiole 2-4 mm long. Lamina 3-5 × 4-7 mm, broadly reniform or suborbicular, crenate, with appressed hairs; base cordate or subcordate. Fls solitary in axils of lvs similar to vegetative lvs; pedicels puberulent, to 23 mm long, much > lvs. Calyx 2.5-4 mm long; lobes ± elliptic, glandular-hairy, especially on margins, obtuse to ± rounded. Corolla 1-1.5 cm diam., the lowest lobe narrower and deep blue, otherwise pale blue with darker veins. Anthers deep blue. Fr. not seen.
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Etymology
The epithet filiformis means thread-like, and probably refers to either the very slender pedicels or to the slender, creeping stems.
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1 January 2000
3 January 2023