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Veronica anagallis

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Identification
Veronica anagallis L. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE ]
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Entry for VERONICA Anagallis Linn. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 121, (1904) Author: By W. P. HIERN, F.R.S.
Names
VERONICA Anagallis Linn. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Sp. Pl. ed. i. 12;—Burchell, Trav. S. Afr. i. 340, ii. 226; Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. pp. xiii., xvi.; Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 467; Krauss in Flora, 1844, 833; not of Bong.
VERONICA anagalloides Guss. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Pl. Rar. 5, t. 3; Benth. l.c. 468.
VERONICA Anagallis Berg. var. aquatica [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Pl. Cap. 2.
VERONICA capensis Fenzl [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Linnæa, xvii. 332.
“Veronica like V. scutellata,” Burch. [family ], l.c., i. 426, note.
Information
an erect herb, glandular-puberulous or very nearly glabrous; somewhat shining, usually branched about the base and perennial, 6–36 in. high; lower branches prostrate; stem succulent, hollow, often rooting at the lower nodes, leafy and often branched above; leaves opposite, elliptical or somewhat lanceolate, mostly obtuse, cordate-amplexicaul or connate at the base, sessile, serrate or nearly entire, membranous, 3/4–5 in. long, 1/5–1 1/2 in. broad; flowers numerous, racemose, about 1/6 in. broad; racemes axillary, 2–12 in. long; pedicels alternate or subopposite, 1/8– 1/4 in. long, bracteate at the base; bracts sublanceolate, about 1/12 in. long; calyx 1/12– 1/8 in. long; segments 4, oval-oblong, obtuse or scarcely acute; corolla blueish-white or blue; capsules shortly ovoid, about 1/8 in. long, emarginate; style about half as long as the capsule. null
Range
Cosmopolitan.
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION , between 3000 and 5000 ft.: Graaff Reinet Div.; near Graaff Reinet, Bolus, 120! Beaufort West Div.; Nieuw Veld, Drège! Colesberg Div.; Colesberg, Shaw!COAST REGION , in streams from 100 to 4000 ft.: Malmesbury Div.; Groene Kloof, Wallich! Cape Div.; Simons Bay, MacGillivray, 670! about Capetown, Thunberg! Ecklon, 816! Knysna Div.; Zitzikamma, Krauss, 1642. Uitenhage Div.; Zwartkops River, Ecklon & Zeyher, 73! Albany Div.; Miss Bowker! Fort Beaufort Div.; Kat River Valley, Cooper, 250! Queenstown Div.; Engctina, near Shiloh, Baur, 951!EASTERN REGION Transkei; between Gekau (Gcua) River and Bashee River, Drège! Natal; Upper Tugela Drift, Wood, 3561! and without precise locality, Gerrard, 517!KALAHARI REGION Orange River Colony; near Vredefort Road, Barett-Hamilton! Basutoland, Cooper, 752! Griqualand West; by the Vaal River, Burchell, 1759/2! at Griqua Town, Burchell, 1903! Transvaal; Mooi River, Burke! near Pretoria, Wilms, 1105! Matebe Valley, Holub! Johannesburg, Rand, 1015!WESTERN REGION Little Namaqualand; near the mouth of the Orange River, Drège; between Springbok and Modder Fontein, Whitehead!

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