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Veronica polita (Grey-leaved Speedwell) |
Veronica polita (PLANTAGINACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Veronica polita Fries
Published in Fries, Nov. Fl. Suec. 63 (1819) | Synonyms : |
Basionym or principal synonym:
Veronica didyma
Full list of synonyms :
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Plant Family : | Plantaginaceae The Plantain Family 33 Plantaginaceae species recorded from Malta.
Juss. | English name(s) : | Grey-leaved Speedwell, Grey Field Speedwell | Maltese name(s) : | Veronika żgħira | Status for Malta : | Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man | Frequency : | Very Common Common
Frequent Scarce Rare
Very rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: THEROPHYTE (Annuals)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Feb-Apr | Colour of Flowers: | Blue or Violet |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Cultivated ground. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Like Veronica agrestis but leaves more regularly crenate-serrate, the lower often wider than long; calyx-segments broadly ovate, often overlapping near base; corolla blue; capsule with long glandular hairs and short, crispate eglandular hairs; style c. 1•5 mm, distinctly exceeding the wide sinus. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=14, 18 |
Distributional range: |
Most of Europe except the Arctic, but probably not native in the northeast. |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
All except the Azores, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Svalbard archipelago |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
Ag Al Ar Au(A) Be Bl Br Bu By Co Cr Cs Ct Cy Eg Es Ga(F) Gr Hb dHb(E) He Ho Hs(S) Hu Ir It Jo La Le Li Lt Lu Ma Mo Rf(C E K N NW S) Rm Sa Si(M S) Sk Sl Sr Su Sy Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K) [Az(M S) Ca(C G T) Da Fe Ge Md(M P) Po] |
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