Veronica plebeia R.Br.
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Veronica plebeia R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 435 (1810)
Veronica plebeia R.Br.
Biostatus
Uncertain
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
The biostatus of V. plebeia has often been discussed, most recently by Davidson et al. (2009), who argued that it is indigenous and summarised the views of previous authors on the question. However, V. plebeia appears to have weedy tendencies, being naturalised in Hawaii and Costa Rica (Vincent 1989). V. plebeia is indigenous to eastern Queensland and New South Wales, Victoria, south-eastern South Australia, south-western Western Australia, and northern Tasmania.
Nomenclature
R.Br.
R.Br.
1810
435
ICN
Veronica plebeia R.Br.
species
Veronica plebeia
Classification
Vernacular names
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Descriptions
Veronica plebeia R.Br.
Perennial herb; stems creeping and rooting at nodes; internodes with retrorse bifarious hairs. Petioles 3-15 mm long, prominent and ± retrorsely puberulent. Lamina 4-32 × 3-30 mm, ± triangular, strongly and irregularly dentate or dentate-serrate, hairy beneath, particularly on veins, glabrous or, less commonly, puberulent above; base truncate to subcordate; apex obtuse to subacute. Racemes axillary, opposite, with (2)-5- c. 20 fls; peduncles and pedicels slender, very variable in length, retrorsely puberulent. Bracts small, much < pedicels. Calyx 3-5 mm long; lobes oblong or elliptic-obovate, ciliate, somewhat puberulent or glabrous, obtuse and mucronate. Corolla 6-7 mm diam., not opening widely, blue or pale blue. Capsule 3-4 mm wide, obovoid, glabrous, ± emarginate. Seed broadly ellipsoid-oblong, smooth, strongly flattened.
Taxonomic concepts
Veronica elongata Benth.
Veronica plebeia R.Br.
Veronica plebeia R.Br.
Veronica plebeia R.Br.
Veronica plebeia R.Br.
Veronica plebeia R.Br.
Veronica plebeia R.Br.
Veronica plebeia R.Br.
Veronica plebeia R.Br.
Veronica plebeia R.Br.
Veronica plebeia R.Br.
Historic biostatus
Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Collections
Notes
Etymology
The epithet plebeia is derived from Latin plebeius, of the people, or common.
typification
Holotype: [New South Wales] in humidis prope Sydney, R.Brown, May 1802, BM
Metadata
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1 January 2000
6 January 2023