Taxonomy: Fam. Plantaginaceae// Genus: Veronica// Species: Veronica polita Fr. The classification is given according to the Euro+Med Planbase (Marhold, 2011+).
Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea (Tutin et al., 1972).
Lifeform: Annual; Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Europe to Central Asia and W. Himalaya, Canary Islands, North Africa to N. Somalia (Plants of the World Online portal).
Habitat: A winter-spring ruderal. Found in the wild in sunny to semi-shady places in moist conditions, near streams and rivers. A very common weed found on disturbed ground- waste places, near roads, orchards, cultivated land, near and in settlements, urban areas, gardens. A common spring weed in the Osogovo region, frequently growing along with Veronica persica Poir.
Flowering period: Late winter thru spring (FEB, MAR, APR, MAY).
References:
Marhold, K. (2011+): Veronica. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameCache=Veronica%20polita&PTRefFk=7200000
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: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Veronica polita Fr. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:812496-1
Osogovo nature 