Veronica rosea, Desf.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 246

21. V. rosea Desf. , Fl. Atl. 1: 13 (1798).

Crispate-pubescent throughout, but more sparsely in inflorescence; stems 10-20 cm, ascending, stout, woody at the base. Leaves 8-12 mm, oblanceolate, dentate to deeply pinnatifid distally. Racemes usually 2, up to 6(-10) cm in fruit, opposite, rather dense; pedicels 3-4 mm, equalling or slightly exceeding the bracts. Calyx 3-5 mm; segments 4(5). Corolla 10-12 mm in diameter, pale pink. Capsule 4 x 4-5 mm, broadly obcordate. Dry, rocky ground. S. Spain (near Antequera). Hs. (N.W. Africa.)