Veronica ciliata Fisch.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae > Veronica

Characteristics

Perennials. Rhizomes less than 1 cm. Stems erect or ascending, simple or branched at base, gray-white hairy throughout, or hairs only along 2 lines. Leaves sessile or lower subsessile; leaf blade oblong to ovate-lanceolate, pubescent, glabrescent, base acute, margin entire, serrate, or deeply incised-dentate, apex acute. Racemes 1-4, axillary from uppermost leaves, villous or hirsute with multicellular hairs (except for corolla); bracts broadly linear, longer than pedicel. Calyx deeply parted, 5-lobed; lobes linear-lanceolate, upper much smaller than other 4. Corolla tube 1/5-2/5 of corolla length, glabrous inside; lobes obovate-orbicular to narrowly oblong. Stamens shorter than corolla. Capsule ovoid-conical, slightly compressed, tapered apically, almost entirely hirsute, apex obtuse and emarginate. Seeds more than 40 per capsule, oblong-ovoid, flattened, slightly convex on both sides, 0.6-0.8 mm, smooth. Fl. Jun-Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Pollination
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.38
Root system fibrous-root rhizome
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Environment

Alpine meadows, forests; at elevations from 2,700-4,700 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity light
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Images

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Distribution

Veronica ciliata world distribution map, present in China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Mongolia, Nepal, and Tajikistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:811826-1
WFO ID wfo-0000419569
COL ID 5B6LP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Veronica ciliata Bartsia mollis Veronica chingii Veronica ciliata subsp. ciliata

Lower taxons

Veronica ciliata subsp. cephaloides Veronica ciliata subsp. zhongdianensis