Veronica caucasica
| Veronica caucasica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Plantaginaceae |
| Genus: | Veronica |
| Species: | V. caucasica
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| Binomial name | |
| Veronica caucasica | |
Veronica caucasica is a flower in the family Plantaginaceae native to east of the Black Sea, grown further afield as a garden plant.
Description
[edit]A perennial speedwell native to the east of the Black Sea also grown in gardens, with stems ascending to 30 cm; it has white flowers with purple veins that gradiate to pink at the centre (sometimes faint), and leaves very parted into many narrow divisions which may themselves divide, with margins curling under; it is hairy, sometimes very greatly. Its fruits are a hairy capsule, 4 × 6 mm.[2][3]
Photographic examples can be seen on iNaturalist.
Distribution
[edit]Its native range is North Caucasus and the Transcaucasus.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Veronica caucasica M.Bieb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". powo.science.kew.org. Retrieved 2024-08-27. (with map)
- ^ James Cullen; Sabina Knees; H. Suzanne Cubey. The European Garden Flora, ed. 2, vol. 5, 2011, p. 234.
- ^ Cooke, George (1828). "No. 1369". The Botanical Cabinet Consisting of Coloured Delineations of Plants, from All Countries, with a Short Account of Each. Directions for Management. Vol. 14. London: John & Arthur Arch; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green; and C. Loddiges & Sons.
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