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Veronica spuria L.

Bastard speedwell (en), Véronique à feuilles longues (fr), Véronique à longues feuilles (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae > Veronica

Characteristics

A herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.45 - 0.65
Root system creeping-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) 0.2
Flower color -
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Mountain slopes and steppes; at elevations around. 1,100 metres in NW Xinjiang province, China. Damp and dry meadows, steppes and forest-steppes, along slopes, river banks, mixed-grass meadows.
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It is a temperate plant.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 3-7

Usage

The shoots and leaves are eaten.
Uses -
Edible leaves shoots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Veronica spuria habit picture by Rossen Vassilev (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Veronica spuria world distribution map, present in Austria, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, China, Czech Republic, Germany, France, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine, United States of America, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:812680-1
WFO ID wfo-0000425308
COL ID 5B7DH
BDTFX ID 71373
INPN ID 129008
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Veronica spuria Ponaria laciniata Pseudolysimachion paniculatum Veronica capitulata Veronica upsaliensis Veronica serrulata Veronica ramosa Veronica brevifolia Veronica amethystina Veronicastrum laciniatum Veronicastrum incisum Veronica rubicunda Veronica rubella Veronica sublaciniata Veronica stephaniana Veronica mollis Veronica foliosa Pseudolysimachion spurium Veronica triquetra Veronica leptostachya Veronica verbenae Veronica virgata Veronica paniculata Veronica leucantha Pseudolysimachion paniculatum subsp. foliosum Pseudolysimachion spurium subsp. foliosum Veronica paniculata subsp. foliosa Veronica spuria subsp. foliosa Veronica spuria var. croatica
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