Veronica prostrata, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 246

17. V. prostrata L. , Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 17 (1762).

Flowering stems up to 25(^10) cm, ascending; non-flowering stems short, procumbent. Leaves 8-25 x 2-12 mm, linear-oblong to ovate, very shortly petiolate, cuneate to truncate at the base, crenate-serrate to subentire; margin often revolute. Racemes usually 3-6 cm in fruit; pedicels 1-3 mm. Calyx 2-4 mm, glabrous; segments (4)5, linear-oblong, unequal. Corolla 6—11(—14) mm in diameter. Capsule 3-5-5 mm, suborbicular to obovate, usually slightly longer than wide, glabrous. From the Netherlands and N.C. Russia southwards to N. Spain, C. Italy and Macedonia. Al Au Be Bu Cz Ga Ge G r He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W, K, E) Tu.