Description
A sprawling, white-flowered
annual speedwell, able to cover areas under the right conditions, resembling
Veronica hederifolia (Ivy-Leaved Speedwell) but with white flowers (6-12 mm diam) and more numerously lobed leaves (5-9 lobes). The
sepals holding the flowers and fruit have broad lobes, whilst the fruit is shallowly dented at the top. The plant is usually lightly hairy, but can be very hairy or hairless. ==Taxonomy==
Taxonomy
Veronica cymbalaria was given its scientific name in 1798 by Pierre Henri Hippolyte Bodard. It is part of the genus
Veronica which is classified in the
Plantaginaceae family. It has no accepted subspecies or
varieties, but has several amoung its
synonyms. ==Distribution and habitat==
Distribution and habitat
Native to countries around the Mediterranean and slight further afield - Native to Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Corsica, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Crete, Crimea, Lebanon, Syria, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicily, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey and ex-Yugoslavia countries, and introduced to Belgium, Chile Central, Great Britain, Louisiana, Netherlands, New Zealand North. Its habitat in Turkey is Macchie, open Pinus forests, rocky slopes, banks, dunes, walls, ruins, waste places and roadsides, 0-1200 m. == References ==