Veronica javanica Blume

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae > Veronica

Characteristics

Annuals or biennials, 10-30 cm tall, pubescent with multicellular hairs. Stems branched at base, main stems erect or asending, lateral branches procumbent-ascending. Petiole 1-7 mm; leaf blade ovate to ovate-triangular, 1-4 X 0.7-3 cm, base shallowly cordate to truncate, margin deeply incised dentate, apex obtuse. Racemes axillary, short and subcorymbose at anthesis, elongated and to 10 cm in fruit; bracts linear to oblanceolate, 4-6 mm. Pedicel much shorter than bract. Calyx 4-lobed; lobes linear-elliptic, 2-5 mm, subequal. Corolla white, pink, or red-purple, rotate, ca. 2 mm; tube less than 1.5 mm; throat hairy. Stamens ca. 1/2 as long as corolla. Capsule obcordate, strongly compressed, 2-3 X 3-4 mm, ciliate, base broadly cuneate or rounded, notch ca. 1/3 of capsule length. Style 0.3-0.5 mm. Seeds 2-10 per locule, flattened, slightly convex, ca. 0.5 mm. Fl. Feb-Apr.
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Leaves opposite; lamina 5.5–25 x 5–16 mm., broadly ovate, apex obtuse, truncate, subcuneate to subcordate, obtuse at base, coarsely creante-serrate, of ten less densely pilose above, subglabrescent; petiole 1.5–2(3.5) mm. long.
Calyx 1.8–2.5 mm. long at flowering, up to 3.4 mm. long in fruit; lobes 0.5–1 mm. wide, oblong to obovate-oblong, obtuse, glabrous to sparsely pilose, ciliate.
Annual, decumbent or ascending herb to about 15 cm. tall, much branched; branches up to 25 cm. long, usually densely greyish-white pilose.
Capsule 1.25–2.6 x 2.25–2.8 mm., broadly obcordate in outline, compressed, glabrous, ciliate on suture.
Racemes axillary, 1.5–2.5 mm. long, few-flowered; flowers blue to whitish, bracteate.
Bracts 2–2.3 x 0.4–0.5 mm., narrowly oblong, obtuse, shortly ciliate.
Pedicels 0.5–1 mm. long, stout.
Corolla up to 2 mm. long.
Life form
Growth form herb
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Mature height (meter) 0.13 - 0.23
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OctNovDec
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 15 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity light
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Images

Veronica javanica unspecified picture

Distribution

Veronica javanica world distribution map, present in Brazil, Bhutan, China, Colombia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Indonesia, India, Japan, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mauritius, Malawi, Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, Philippines, Rwanda, Somalia, Taiwan, Province of China, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Viet Nam, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:812151-1
WFO ID wfo-0001138962
COL ID 5B6W4
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Synonyms

Veronica murorum Veronica javanica Veronica afrochamaedrys Veronica wogerensis