Veronica verna, 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 : 249

47. V. verna L. , Sp. Pl. 14 (1753)

(K brevistyla Moris ).

Stem 5-15 cm, erect, simple or branched from the base, pubescent in lower half, glandular above. Leaves 4-12 mm, more or less glandular-pubescent, the lower shortly petiolate, ovate to lanceolate, coarsely crenate, the upper sessile, pinnatifid with narrow lobes. Flowers in racemes; bracts exceeding pedicels, the upper lanceolate, the lower pinnatisect. Calyx-segments lanceolate; corolla c. 3 mm in diameter, blue. Capsule c. 3 x 4 mm, reniform, flat, glandular-hairy; style c. 0-5 mm. Seeds c. l x 0-75 mm, broadly elliptical, flat. 2« =16. Cultivated fields and other dry places. Much o f Europe, but absent from the extreme north and parts o f the west and o f the Mediterranean region. Au Be Br Bu Co Cz Da Fe Ga Ge G r He Ho Hs Hu It Ju No Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W, K, E) Sa Si Su.