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Veronica hederifolia L.

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Veronica hederifolia L., Sp. Pl. 13 (1753)
Veronica hederifolia L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
13
hederaefolia
ICN
Veronica hederifolia L.
species
Veronica hederifolia
The species epithet derives from the generic name of ivy, Hedera, and the Latin word for leaf, folium; it means ivy-leaved.

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hederifolia

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Veronica hederifolia L.

Prostrate, somewhat hairy, annual; stems slender, decumbent, much-branched, rooting from nodes; internodes with bifarious hairs. Petioles 5-15 mm long. Lamina to 1.6 × 1.8 cm, oblong, suborbicular to reniform, hairy or glabrate, entire on basal lvs, otherwise usually 3-lobed; lateral lobes often with a small basal lobe; middle lobe largest; base broad-cuneate to subcordate; apices of lobes ± obtuse. Fls solitary in lf axils; pedicels 5-20 mm long, much > calyx, with hairs in a longitudinal band. Calyx 3-5 mm long; lobes broadly ovate, long-ciliate, cordate at base, acute at apex. Corolla 3-4 mm diam., pale blue. Capsule 3-6 mm diam., suborbicular or orbicular, glabrous. Seeds ± reniform, deeply concave on 1 side, tranversely ribbed on convex side.

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Veronica hederifolia L.
Veronica hederifolia L.
Veronica hederifolia L.
Veronica hederifolia L.
Veronica hederifolia L.

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Veronica hederifolia L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Veronica hederifolia L.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Veronica hederifolia L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Veronica hederifolia L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Veronica hederifolia L.
United Kingdom

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editorial
All N.Z. records are V. hederifolia subsp. lucorum.
Etymology
The species epithet derives from the generic name of ivy, Hedera, and the Latin word for leaf, folium; it means ivy-leaved.

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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
4 January 2023
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