Veronica austriaca, 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 : 245

13. V. austriaca L. , Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 849 (1759)

(K latifolia L. , nom. ambig., V. maxima Miller ).

Stems up to 100 cm, usually erect, sometimes procumbent to ascending. Leaves very variable in shape, broadly ovate to narrowly oblong-lanceolate in outline, entire to deeply 2-pinnatisect. Racemes dense to moderately lax; pedicels 2-5 mm, usually equalling or shorter than bracts. Calyx (3—)4—6(—8) mm, glabrous or hairy. Corolla (8—)10—13(—17) mm in diameter, bright blue. Capsule 4-6 x 3-5 mm, suborbicular-cordate to broadly elliptical, usually longer than wide, glabrous or pubescent. M ost o f Europe except Fennoscandia, the islands and parts o f the extreme south. 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.

1 At least the middle cauline leaves pinnatisect or deeply pinnatifid (d) subsp. austriaca 1 Leaves all entire to incise-dentate, rarely somewhat pinnatifid

2 Stems not more than 30 cm, procumbent to ascending; leaves usually 15-30 mm (b) subsp. vahlii 2 Stems up to 100 cm, usually erect; leaves often up to 50 mm

3 Leaves ± amplexicaul, with truncate or subcordate base, all

± crenate or serrate (a) subsp. teucrium 3 Leaves not amplexicaul, with truncate to cuneate base, at least the uppermost ± entire (c) subsp. dentata