Veronica aphylla

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Interesting Facts

Description

Genus Veronica

Herbs, perennial with rhizomes or annuals . Roots glabrous . Stems erect , procumbent , or creeping , base sometimes woody. Leaves mostly opposite, rarely whorled or upper ones alternate. Inflorescences terminal or axillary racemes , sometimes spicate , long or short and capitate. Calyx 4-lobed, if 5-lobed upper lobe much smaller than other lobes. Corolla 4-sect or 4-lobed, rarely slightly 2-lipped; tube short and limb subrotate, rarely tube conspicuous, 1/3-1/2 of corolla length , usually hairy inside; lobes usually patent , unequal in width , upper lobe widest, lower lobe narrowest. Stamens 2; filaments adnate to posterior part of corolla tube; anther locules parallel or divergent, apically confluent . Style persistent ; stigma capitate. Capsule diverse in shape , slightly to strongly compressed laterally, 1-grooved, loculicidal. Seeds 2-50 per capsule, flattened and convex on both sides, navicular or cupular.

About 250 species: cosmopolitan , mainly in Asia and Europe; 53 species in China.[1]

Physical Description

Landscaping

Care: Cut back blooms when finished for a thicker plant with more blooms next year.

Biology

Growth

Culture: Space 18-24" apart. Propagate by dividing the rootball, from herbaceous stem cuttings, or from seed.

Soil: Prefers good soil, with adequate moisture.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun to part shade.

Moisture: Water Requirements: Provide regular deep waterings.

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b. (map)

Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Veronica

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 138 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

V. agrestis (Field Speedwell) · V. allionii (Compact Blue Speedwell) · V. alpina (Alpine Speedwell) · V. alpina var. alpina (Alpine Speedwell) · V. alpina var. australis (Alpine Speedwell) · V. americana (American Brooklime) · V. anagallis (Water Speedwell) · V. anagallis-aquatica (Blue Water Speedwell) · V. armena (Speedwell) · V. arvensis (Common Speedwell) · V. austriaca (Broadleaf Speedwell) · V. austriaca austriaca (Broadleaf Speedwell) · V. austriaca teucrium (Broadleaf Speedwell) · V. austriaca teucrium 'Crater Lake Blue' (Crater Lake Blue Speedwell) · V. austriaca 'Royal Blue' (Speedwell) · V. austriaca subsp. teucrium (Broadleaf Speedwell) · V. beccabunga (Becky Leaves) · V. biloba (Bilobed Speedwell) · V. calycina (Hairy Speedwell) · V. chamaedrys (Germander Speedwell) · V. chamaedrys 'Miffy Brute' (Germander Speedwell) · V. copelandii (Copeland's Speedwell) · V. cusickii (Cusick's Speedwell) · V. cymbalaria (Glandular Speedwell) · V. dabneyi (Alpine Groundcover Speedwell) · V. dillenii (Dillenius' Speedwell) · V. filiformis (Creeping Speedwell) · V. fruticans (Alpine Speedwell) · V. gentianoides (Gentian Speedwell) · V. gentianoides 'Barbara Sherwood' (Speedwell) · V. gentianoides 'Blue Streak' (Gentian Speedwell) · V. gracilis (Slender Speedwell) · V. grandiflora (Largeflower Speedwell) · V. grandis (Heartleaf Speedwell) · V. hederaefolia (Ivy-Leaf Speedwell) · V. hederifolia (Ivy-Leaf Speedwell) · V. hederifolia hederifolia (Ivyleaf Speedwell) · V. hederifolia lucorum (Ivyleaf Speedwell) · V. incana (Silver Speedwell) · V. incana 'Minuet' (Silver Speedwell) · V. incana 'Silbersee' (Silver Speedwell) · V. kiusiana (Speedwell) · V. liwanensis (Turkish Speedwell) · V. longifolia (Icicle Speedwell) · V. longifolia 'Blaubart' (Garden Speedwell 'blaubart') · V. longifolia 'Cloudy' (Cloudy Long Leaf Veronica) · V. longifolia 'Eveline' (Eveline Speedwell) · V. longifolia 'Fascination' (Speedwell) · V. longifolia 'Lila Karina' (Speedwell) · V. longifolia 'Pink Damask' (Speedwell) · V. longifolia 'Pink Eveline' (Garden Speedwell 'pink Eveline') · V. longifolia 'Sunny Border Blue' (Blue Speedwell) · V. montana (Wood Speedwell) · V. montana 'Corinne Tremaine' (Wood Speedwell) · V. notabilis (Forest Speedwell) · V. officinalis (Common Gypsyweed) · V. officinalis var. officinalis (Common Gypsyweed) · V. officinalis var. tournefortii (Common Gypsyweed) · V. oltensis (Thyme-Leaf Speedwell) · V. opaca (Broadsepal Speedwell) · V. pectinata (Woolly Speedwell) · V. pectinata 'Rosea' (Woolly Speedwell) · V. pectinata 'Rubra' (Woolly Speedwell) · V. peduncularis 'Georgia Blue' (Georgia Blue Creeping Speedwell) · V. peregrina (Neckweed) · V. peregrina xalapensis (Neckweed) · V. peregrina subsp. xalapensis (Hairy Purslane Speedwell) · V. persica (Bird-Eye Speedwell) · V. persica var. persica (Birdeye Speedwell) · V. petraea 'Madame Mercier' (Speedwell) · V. plebeia (Trailing Speedwell) · V. plebia (Island Speedwell) · V. polita (Gray Field Speedwell) · V. prostrata (Creeping Speedwell) · V. prostrata 'Aztec Gold' (Dwarf Golden Speedwell) · V. prostrata 'Heavenly Blue' (Harebell Speedwell) · V. prostrata 'Nestor' (Harebell Speedwell) · V. prostrata 'Rosea' (Harebell Speedwell) · V. prostrata 'Trehane' (Harebell Speedwell) · V. repens (Creeping Speedwell) · V. repens 'Big Blue' (Big Blue Veronica) · V. repens 'Sunshine' (Creeping Speedwell) · V. schmidtiana (Speedwell) · V. scutellata (Brook Speedwell) · V. serpyllifolia (Thyme Speedwell) · V. serpyllifolia humifusa (Thyme-Leaf Speedwell) · V. serpyllifolia subsp. humifusa (Thyme-Leaf Speedwell) · V. spicata (Spike Speedwell) · V. spicata 'Blue Fox' (Blue Fox Spike Speedwell) · V. spicata incana (Spiked Speedwell) · V. spicata L. 'Nana' (Spike Speedwell) · V. spicata 'Red Fox' (Red Fox Spike Speedwell) · V. spicata rosea (Pink Speedwell) · V. spicata spicata (Spiked Speedwell) · V. spicata 'Alba' (Spike Speedwell) · V. spicata 'Blue Bouquet' (Spike Speedwell) · V. spicata 'Blue Charm' (Spike Speedwell) · V. spicata'Giles Van Hees' (Giles Van Hees Perennial Speedwell) · V. spicata 'High Five' (Spike Speedwell) · V. spicata 'Icicle' (Icicle Speedwell)

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Further Reading

• A general system of gardening and botany. Founded upon Miller's Gardener's dictionary, and arranged according to the natural system. By George Don. London, Printed for C. J. G. and F. Rivington, 1831-38. url p. 573.
• Alpine flowers for gardens: rock, wall, marsh plants, and mountain shrubs / by W. Robinson. London: John Murray, 1903. url p. 328.
• Alpine flowers for gardens; rock, wall, marsh plants, and mountain shrubs, by W. Robinson. London, J. Murray, 1910. url p. 328.
• Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Madrid: La Sociedad, url p. 120, p. 57.
• Bering's voyages: an account of the efforts of the Russians to determine the relation of Asia and America / by F. A. Golder. New York: American Geographical Society, 1922-25. url p. 240.
• Biosphere Reserves, Compilation 4, October 1986: programme on man and the biosphere (MAB) IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 322, p. 324.
• Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden. New York: The Garden, 1899- url p. 27.
• Don, G. A general history of the dichlamydeous plants: comprising complete descriptions of the different orders...the whole arranged according to the natural system /by George Don. 4 1838 London: J.G. and F. Rivington, 1831-1838. url p. 573.
• Dr. John Fothergill and his friends; chapters in eighteenth century life; by R. Hingston Fox. London: Macmillan, 1919. url p. 205.
• Experiment station record. Washington: G.P.O., 1889-1946. url p. 346.
• Flora of the U.S.S.R. [Springfield, Va.: Israel Program for Scientific Translations; 1968- url p. 739.
• Hand-list of herbaceous plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Gardens. London, Printed for H. M. Stationery Off. by Darling, 1902. url p. 1199.
• Handbook of flower pollination based upon Hermann Müller's work 'The fertilisation of flowers by insects'; tr. by J.R. Ainsworth Davis. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1906. url p. 195.
• Handbook of flower pollination: based upon Hermann Mu?ller's work 'The fertilisation of flowers by insects' / Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906-09. url .
• Hardwicke's science-gossip: an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature. London: Robert Hardwicke, 1866- url p. 107, p. 87.
• MAB Biosphere Reserves: Site Descriptions, post compilation 5 (October 1990) UNESCO MAB Programme url .
• Magazine of zoology and botany. Edinburgh; Dublin. url p. 184.
• Memoirs read before the Boston Society of Natural History. Boston, [Boston Society of Natural History]1862-1946. url p. 253.
• My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history, London, Bell and Daldy, 1872. url , .
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 7 1884 Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 536.
• Sub-alpine plants: or, Flowers of the Swiss woods and meadows / by H. Stuart Thompson; with 33 coloured plates (168 figures) by George Flemwell. London: Dutton, 1912. url p. 232.
• Sub-alpine plants: or, flowers of the Swiss woods and meadows / [London]: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1912. url .
• Synoptical flora of North America: the Gamopetalæ, being a second edition of vol. I, part II, and vol. II, part I, collected. London, Iverson, Blakeman, Taylor, and Company;1886. url .
• That rock-garden of ours; with 50 illustrations by the author. Phil.Jacobs, [1909?] url p. 127.
• The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 101, p. 101, p. 47, p. 47, p. 47.
• The English flower garden and home grounds: design and arrangement followed by a description of the plants, shrubs and trees for the open-air garden and their culture / by W. Robinson. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921. url p. 768.
• The English rock-garden, by Reginald Farrer. London, Jack, 1919. url p. 423.
• The Garden: an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. London: [s.n., url p. 266, p. 552, p. 662.
• The alpine flora / by Henry Correvon and Phillippe Robert; translated into English and enlarged, under the author's sanction, by E. W. Clayforth. London: Methuen, [1911] url p. 187.
• The fertilisation of flowers. Translated and edited by D'Arcy W. Thompson, with a preface by Charles Darwin. LondonMacmillan1883 url p. 465.
• The natural history of plants, their forms, growth, reproduction, and distribution; Dublin, Blackie & son, limited, 1902. url .
• The natural history of plants; their forms, growth, reproduction, and distribution. From the German of Anton Kerner von Marilaun by F. W. Oliver, with the assistance of Marian Busk and Mary F. Ewart. London, Blackie, 1894-1895. url p. 213.
• Transactions and proceedings of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. [Edinburgh]: The Society, 1891-1970. url p. 123.
• Transactions of the Botanical Society. Edinburgh: Botanical Society of Edinburgh, 1841-1891. url p. 78.
• Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 1 1791 London: [The Society], 1791-1875. url p. 190.
• Transactions of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society. Edinburgh: Douglas & Foulis, 1888-1926. url p. 55.
• Transactions of the Sapporo Natural History Society. Sapporo, Japan, Sapporo Natural History Society, Hokkaido Imperial University. url p. 183.
• Tsoong Puchiu & Yang Hanbi, eds. 1979. Scrophulariaceae (1). Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 67(2): 1-431. Tsoong Puchiu, ed. 1963. Scrophulariaceae (2). Fl. Reipulb. Popularis Sin. 68: 1-449.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 28, 2007:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• GBIF-Spain, Real Jardin Botanico
• , Vascular Plant Herbarium
• GBIF-Spain, Univ. Herbarium SALAMANCA: SALA
• GBIF-Spain, Universidad de Oviedo. Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas: FCO
• GBIF-Spain, Universitat de Girona: HGI-Cormophyta
• Steiermärkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum - Herbarium GJO, Herbarium GJO
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Lund Botanical Museum
• Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum
• University of Vienna, Institute for Botany - Herbarium WU, Herbarium WU
• inatura - Erlebnis Naturschau Dornbirn, inatura - Erlebnis Naturschau Dornbirn

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5913932
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13816073
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:811628-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 900596

Footnotes

1. Hong De-yuan, Manfred A. Fischer "Veronica". in Flora of China Vol. 18 Page 65. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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