Veronica acinifolia, L.

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 : 248

41. V. acinifolia L. , Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 19 (1762)

(inch V. perpusilla Boiss. ).

Stem 5-15 cm, erect, simple or branched from the base, more or less glandular-pubescent throughout. Leaves 4-10 mm, shortly petiolate, ovate, entire or obscurely crenate, subglabrous to sparsely pubescent. Flowers in racemes; bracts shorter than or equalling pedicels-, the upper oblanceolate. Calyx-segments ovate; corolla 2-3 mm in diameter, blue. Capsule c. 2 x 3 mm, broadly reniform with deep sinus, flat, glandular-hairy; style c. 1 -5 mm, not or scarcely exceeding the sinus. Seeds c. 0-75 x 0-5 mm, broadly elliptical, flat. 2« = 14, 16. Cultivated ground and damp grassland. S., S. C. & W. Europe, northwards to N.C. France. Al fBe Bu Co Cr Cz Ga Ge Gr He Hs Hu It Ju Lu Rm Rs (K) Tu.