Veronica cymbalaria, Bodard

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 : 250

58. V. cymbalaria Bodard , Mém. Vèr. Cymb. 3 (1798).

Like 57 but leaves 5- to 9-lobed with subequal lobes; pedicels much exceeding leaves; calyx-segments 3-4 mm, obovate, obtuse, patent in fruit; corolla 6-10 mm, white; capsule shallowly 2-lobed, ciliate; style c. 1 -5 mm; seeds c. 2 x 2 mm. 2/7= 18, 36, 54. Cultivated ground and other dry, open habitats. S. Europe. Al BI Bu Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Ju Lu Rs (K) Sa Si.

V. panormitana Tineo ex Guss. , Fl. Sic. Prodr., Suppl. 4 (1832), described from Sicilia, differs in its smaller fruit and flower, its shorter style and its subglabrous capsule. It may represent a distinct subspecies, but plants with some of these characters occur elsewhere in the Mediterranean region.