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Veronica polita Fr.

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Veronica polita Fr., Novit. Fl. Svec. 63 (1819)
Veronica polita Fr.

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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Fr.
Fr.
1819
63
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Veronica polita Fr.
species
Veronica polita
The epithet polita is from Latin and means smooth or polished. It is not clear how this name applies to V. polita because the leaves are dull and grey-green.

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polita

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Veronica polita Fr.

Hairy annual; stems much-branched, decumbent, to c. 15 cm long, densely covered with crisped hairs, not rooting at nodes. Petioles to 5 mm long. Lamina 3-8 × 3-8 mm, ovate, often broadly so, or suborbicular, coarsely crenate-serrate, often glabrate above, rather densely covered with crisped hairs below; base truncate or nearly so; apex obtuse. Fls axillary, solitary, in axils of lvs similar to vegetative lvs; pedicels c. 5 mm long, to 8 mm at fruiting, mostly > subtending lvs. Calyx 2-3 mm long, hairy or glabrous; lobes broadly ovate, prominently ciliate, obtuse or rounded. Corolla c. 6 mm diam., ± uniformly blue. Capsule c. 4 mm wide, not deeply lobed; nerves usually inconspicuous; lobes obtuse, ± erect, rounded on outer margin, densely hairy with straight glandular and short curly eglandular hairs. Seed broadly elliptic, concave on 1 face, irregularly transversely ridged on convex side.

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Veronica polita Fr.
Veronica polita Fr.
Veronica polita Fr.
Veronica polita Fr.
Veronica polita Fr.

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Veronica polita Fr.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Veronica polita Fr.
New Zealand
Otago Land District

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Etymology
The epithet polita is from Latin and means smooth or polished. It is not clear how this name applies to V. polita because the leaves are dull and grey-green.

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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
21 November 2023
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