Veronica anagalloides Guss.

Véronique faux mouron (fr), Véronique faux Mouron (fr), Véronique faux mouron-d'eau (fr), Véronique fausse anagallide (fr), Véronique faux anagallis (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae > Veronica

Characteristics

Annuals; inflorescence axes, pedicels, calyces, and capsules usually sparsely glandular hairy. Stems 15-50 cm tall, erect, simple or branched at base, succulent, very sparsely glandular hairy, sometimes glabrous. Leaves sessile, semiamplexicaul, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 2-5 X 0.5-1 cm, margin subentire to serrate. Racemes axillary, to 15 cm, many flowered. Pedicel 3-7 mm, straight or apically slightly curved, at an angle of 60-70° with inflorescence axis. Calyx 4-lobed; lobes elliptic, equal in size, obscurely 3-veined, outside glandular hairy, apex acute, erect and appressed to capsule in fruit. Corolla blue to pale purple, rotate, 3 mm in diam.; tube short; lobes slightly unequal in width. Capsule ellipsoid to broadly so, slightly compressed, 2.5-4 X 2-2.5 mm, longer than calyx, emarginate. Style ca. 1.5 mm. Seeds ca. 30 per capsule, slightly flattened, convex on both sides, ca. 0.7 mm. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Jul-Sep. 2n = 18.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.13 - 0.45
Root system -
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Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 15 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Veronica anagalloides leaf picture by Stéphane Mars (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Veronica anagalloides flower picture by joselu_4 (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Veronica anagalloides fruit picture by Sylvain Piry (cc-by-sa)
Veronica anagalloides fruit picture by Stéphane Mars (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Veronica anagalloides world distribution map, present in China and France

Conservation status

Veronica anagalloides threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:811612-1
WFO ID wfo-0000419798
COL ID 7G28T
BDTFX ID 71082
INPN ID 128793
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Cardia elliptica Veronica tenuis Veronica haussknechtii Veronica salina Veronica villicaulis Veronica anagallis-aquatica subsp. anagalloides Veronica anagallis-aquatica var. anagalloides Veronica anagallis-aquatica subsp. anagalloides Veronica anagalloides

Lower taxons

Veronica anagalloides subsp. taeckholmiorum