Veronica polifolia

الفصيلة حملية · Plantaginaceae

معرض النبات

حقوق الصور وإسنادها

الأوراق: Leaves: Sessile, 5–12 × 1–5 mm, linear-oblanceolate to spatulate, obtuse; lower leaves sometimes obovate. Margins revolute, strongly so in upper narrow leaves, slightly so in broader lower leaves; regularly crenate with 4–10 teeth (sometimes almost pinnatisect). Surfaces densely velvety-tomentose, grey-whitish above, grey-green beneath, rarely all greenish. Indumentum of fine, eglandular, spreading hairs (0.1–0.4 mm).
الأزهار: Inflorescence & flowers: (1–)2–5 dense racemes, with 10–30 flowers, densely glandular-pubescent. Peduncles 5–15 mm. Bracts ovate to spatulate, obtuse. Fruiting pedicels 3–5 mm, about equal to or up to 2× as long as the bract. Calyx 2–3 mm, with 4(–5) oblong, obtuse, glandular-pubescent lobes. Corolla white with a rose-purple central ring, 5–8 mm across, exceeding the calyx.
الثمار والبذور: Fruits: Capsule 2–3 × 3–4.5 mm, about equalling or slightly longer than calyx, puberulent, glandular or eglandular, with shallow wide sinus, ± cuneate base. Style 2–3 mm. Seeds 2–6, c. 2 × 1 mm, ovate, convex, strongly rugose.

Habitat & elevation: Rocky screes and stony steppes, high mountains at 1400–2800 m.

Leb. Syr. Tur. Jor.

Lebanese distribution: Jabal Barouk (1800–1900 m), Jabal Kneissé, Jabal Sannine, Makmel.

Native range: Lebanon–Syria, Palestine, Turkey (POWO).

بنية النبات: Life-form & habit: Perennial with a strong taproot, 3–8 cm thick; stems prostrate to ascending, densely pubescent, 5–20 cm long, with woody, much-branched lower parts.
دورة الحياة: معمرة

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