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Veronica abyssinica Fresen. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE]

Date Updated: 26 July 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 8, Part 2, (1990) Author: D. Philcox
Names
Veronica abyssinica Fresen. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Bot. Zeit. 2: 356 (1844). —Benth. in DC., Prodr. 10: 490 (1846). —A. Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2:127 (1851). —Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C: 358 (1895). —Skan in F.T.A. 4, 2: 358 (1906). —Rompp in Fedde Rep., Beih. 50: 141 (1928). —Hedberg in Symb. Bot. Uppsala 15: 169 (1957). —Hepper in F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 2: 355 (1963). TAB. 30, fig. B. Type from Ethiopia. Veronica petitiana A. Rich. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Tent. Fl. Aybss. 2: 127 (1851). Type from Ethiopia. Veronica africana Hook. f. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 208 (1864). Type from Cameroon.
Information
Annual, prostrate herb, trailing or ascending, branched from or towards base; branches up to 7.5 cm. long or occasionally much more, of ten rooting at nodes, more or less densely pilose with long, white hairs; stem hollow, sometimes becoming somewhat woody. Leaves opposite, petiolate, lamina 15–45 x 10–36 mm., broadly ovate to ovate-elliptic, obtuse to subacute, shallowly cordate to subtruncate at base, at rimes subcuneate, shallowly to coarsely crenate-serrate; petiole 4–20 mm. long. Racemes axillary, 1–7.5 cm. long, 2–7-flowered; flowers blue, bracteate; bracts 3–4 mm. long, 0.5–1.3 mm. wide, linear-oblong, obtuse. Pedicels (2)6–10(15) mm. long, slender. Calyx 3.5–4.75 mm. long; lobes 1–2 mm. long, oblong to spatulate-oblong, obtuse, long-ciliate. Corolla 6–7 mm. long, upper lobe to 4 mm. wide, broadly ovate to subcircular. Capsule 3.5–4 x (3.5)4(5) mm., obcordate in outline, compressed, long pilose, or only ciliate on suture.
Habitat
In damp grasslands, forest fringes and clearings and roadsides
Altitude range
ascending to 2400 m. 2400 0 inferred only top
Distribution
Malawi S Neno Distr., fl. & fr. 6.vi.1936, Jackson 1858 (BR; K).Malawi N Rumphi Distr., c. 29 km. S. of Chilindi, fl. & fr. 12.v.1977, Phillips 2296 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Chimanimani (Melsetter), Glencoe For. Res., fl. & fr. 23.xi.1955, Drummond 4965 (K; SRGH).Zambia N Mbala Distr., Nkali dambo, c. 1500 m., fl. & fr. 5.i.1952, Richards 318 (K).
Distribution (external)
Nigeria Cameroon Sudan Ethiopia Central and East Africa

Date Updated: 26 July 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 8, Part 2, (1990) Author: D. Philcox
Names
Veronica abyssinica Fresen. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Bot. Zeit. 2: 356 (1844). —Benth. in DC., Prodr. 10: 490 (1846). —A. Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2:127 (1851). —Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C: 358 (1895). —Skan in F.T.A. 4, 2: 358 (1906). —Rompp in Fedde Rep., Beih. 50: 141 (1928). —Hedberg in Symb. Bot. Uppsala 15: 169 (1957). —Hepper in F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 2: 355 (1963). TAB. 30, fig. B. Type from Ethiopia. Veronica petitiana A. Rich. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Tent. Fl. Aybss. 2: 127 (1851). Type from Ethiopia. Veronica africana Hook. f. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 208 (1864). Type from Cameroon.
Information
Annual, prostrate herb, trailing or ascending, branched from or towards base; branches up to 7.5 cm. long or occasionally much more, of ten rooting at nodes, more or less densely pilose with long, white hairs; stem hollow, sometimes becoming somewhat woody. Leaves opposite, petiolate, lamina 15–45 x 10–36 mm., broadly ovate to ovate-elliptic, obtuse to subacute, shallowly cordate to subtruncate at base, at rimes subcuneate, shallowly to coarsely crenate-serrate; petiole 4–20 mm. long. Racemes axillary, 1–7.5 cm. long, 2–7-flowered; flowers blue, bracteate; bracts 3–4 mm. long, 0.5–1.3 mm. wide, linear-oblong, obtuse. Pedicels (2)6–10(15) mm. long, slender. Calyx 3.5–4.75 mm. long; lobes 1–2 mm. long, oblong to spatulate-oblong, obtuse, long-ciliate. Corolla 6–7 mm. long, upper lobe to 4 mm. wide, broadly ovate to subcircular. Capsule 3.5–4 x (3.5)4(5) mm., obcordate in outline, compressed, long pilose, or only ciliate on suture.
Habitat
In damp grasslands, forest fringes and clearings and roadsides
Altitude range
ascending to 2400 m. 2400 0 inferred only top
Distribution
Malawi S Neno Distr., fl. & fr. 6.vi.1936, Jackson 1858 (BR; K).Malawi N Rumphi Distr., c. 29 km. S. of Chilindi, fl. & fr. 12.v.1977, Phillips 2296 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Chimanimani (Melsetter), Glencoe For. Res., fl. & fr. 23.xi.1955, Drummond 4965 (K; SRGH).Zambia N Mbala Distr., Nkali dambo, c. 1500 m., fl. & fr. 5.i.1952, Richards 318 (K).
Distribution (external)
Nigeria Cameroon Sudan Ethiopia Central and East Africa

Date Updated: 26 July 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 8, Part 2, (1990) Author: D. Philcox
Names
Veronica abyssinica Fresen. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Bot. Zeit. 2: 356 (1844). —Benth. in DC., Prodr. 10: 490 (1846). —A. Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2:127 (1851). —Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C: 358 (1895). —Skan in F.T.A. 4, 2: 358 (1906). —Rompp in Fedde Rep., Beih. 50: 141 (1928). —Hedberg in Symb. Bot. Uppsala 15: 169 (1957). —Hepper in F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 2: 355 (1963). TAB. 30, fig. B. Type from Ethiopia. Veronica petitiana A. Rich. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Tent. Fl. Aybss. 2: 127 (1851). Type from Ethiopia. Veronica africana Hook. f. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 208 (1864). Type from Cameroon.
Information
Annual, prostrate herb, trailing or ascending, branched from or towards base; branches up to 7.5 cm. long or occasionally much more, of ten rooting at nodes, more or less densely pilose with long, white hairs; stem hollow, sometimes becoming somewhat woody. Leaves opposite, petiolate, lamina 15–45 x 10–36 mm., broadly ovate to ovate-elliptic, obtuse to subacute, shallowly cordate to subtruncate at base, at rimes subcuneate, shallowly to coarsely crenate-serrate; petiole 4–20 mm. long. Racemes axillary, 1–7.5 cm. long, 2–7-flowered; flowers blue, bracteate; bracts 3–4 mm. long, 0.5–1.3 mm. wide, linear-oblong, obtuse. Pedicels (2)6–10(15) mm. long, slender. Calyx 3.5–4.75 mm. long; lobes 1–2 mm. long, oblong to spatulate-oblong, obtuse, long-ciliate. Corolla 6–7 mm. long, upper lobe to 4 mm. wide, broadly ovate to subcircular. Capsule 3.5–4 x (3.5)4(5) mm., obcordate in outline, compressed, long pilose, or only ciliate on suture.
Habitat
In damp grasslands, forest fringes and clearings and roadsides
Altitude range
ascending to 2400 m. 2400 0 inferred only top
Distribution
Malawi S Neno Distr., fl. & fr. 6.vi.1936, Jackson 1858 (BR; K).Malawi N Rumphi Distr., c. 29 km. S. of Chilindi, fl. & fr. 12.v.1977, Phillips 2296 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Chimanimani (Melsetter), Glencoe For. Res., fl. & fr. 23.xi.1955, Drummond 4965 (K; SRGH).Zambia N Mbala Distr., Nkali dambo, c. 1500 m., fl. & fr. 5.i.1952, Richards 318 (K).
Distribution (external)
Nigeria Cameroon Sudan Ethiopia Central and East Africa
Veronica abyssinica Fresen. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE]
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