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Exotic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
1753
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ICN
Veronica verna L.
species
Veronica verna
The epithet verna means of springtime, referring to the timing of growth and flowering of this species.

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Lamiales
Plantaginaceae
Veronica
verna

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Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Veronica verna L.

Erect annual; stems branched or simple, 1-15 cm tall, densely covered with short curly hairs. Lvs sessile or very shortly petiolate, 2-8-(13) × 1-3-(7) mm; apex obtuse to rounded; lowermost lvs entire or sparingly toothed; upper lvs pinnatifid to pinnatisect, the 3-7 lobes obovate to oblong. Infl. a terminal raceme with fls extending almost to base of plant, glandular-hairy, usually densely so; pedicels very short, much < bracts. Bracts narrow-oblong or elliptic, mostly 3-lobed but the uppermost simple, smaller than lvs. Fls very shortly pedicellate, > bracts, crowded. Calyx c. 2-3 mm long, 4 mm long at fruiting; lobes lanceolate to narrow-elliptic, obtuse or subacute. Corolla c. 2 mm diam., < calyx, deep blue. Capsule 3-4 mm wide, densely glandular-hairy all over; lobes obcordate; nerves slightly raised. Seed oblong-ellipsoid, strongly flattened.

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Veronica verna L.
Veronica verna L.
Garnock-Jones, P.J. (2023)
Veronica verna L.
Veronica verna L.
Veronica verna L.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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Veronica verna L.
Czech Republic
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Veronica verna L.
Italy
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Veronica verna L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Veronica verna L.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
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Veronica verna L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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Veronica verna L.
Ukraine
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Veronica verna L.
United Kingdom
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Etymology
The epithet verna means of springtime, referring to the timing of growth and flowering of this species.

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2a56120b-55d3-4035-922e-d51c482af99c
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
7 January 2023
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