Veronica triphyllos L.

Fingered speedwell (en), Véronique trifoliée (fr), Véronique à trois lobes (fr), Véronique à trois feuilles (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae > Veronica

Characteristics

Erect annual, usually much-branched and spreading from near base, rarely not branched; stems densely glandular-hairy, ascending to c. 15 cm. Lvs sessile or subsessile, to c. 8 × 6 mm, digitately (3)-5-(7)-lobed, hairy; lobes ± oblong; base cuneate; apex rounded. Infl. a long terminal raceme with fls extending almost to base of plant, densely glandular-hairy; pedicels 3-15 mm long, usually much > bracts. Upper bracts usually 3-lobed, smaller and narrower than lvs. Calyx 3-5 mm long; lobes oblong or oblong-elliptic, glandular-hairy, obtuse. Corolla 3-c. 4.5 mm diam., blue. Capsule 4-5 mm wide; lobes rounded and glandular-hairy towards apex; nerves raised. Seeds broad-ellipsoid, strongly compressed and cup-shaped.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.25
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-9

Usage

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

Cultivation

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

Images

Habit

Veronica triphyllos habit picture by Tom Schöning (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Veronica triphyllos leaf picture by Sandor Samu (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Veronica triphyllos flower picture by joselu_4 (cc-by-sa)
Veronica triphyllos flower picture by Karolin Bader (cc-by-sa)
Veronica triphyllos flower picture by Petr Harant (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Veronica triphyllos world distribution map, present in Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Spain, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Georgia, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America, Uzbekistan, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:812774-1
WFO ID wfo-0000425084
COL ID 5B7GF
BDTFX ID 71411
INPN ID 129032
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Omphalospora triphylla Veronica collina Veronica triphyllos