Veronica dillenii Crantz

Taxonomy: Fam. Plantaginaceae// Genus: Veronica// Species: Veronica dillenii Crantz. 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 Caucasus according to the Plants of the World Online portal.

Habitat:  Found in dry open habitats – grassland, sparse bushland, rocky terrains.

Flowering period:  Spring.

Veronica dillenii – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 25.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Veronica dillenii – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 25.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Veronica dillenii – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 25.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Veronica dillenii –. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 25.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Veronica dillenii. Specimen from the Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 25.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Marhold, K. (2011+): Veronica. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameCache=Veronica%20dillenii&PTRefFk=7200000 [27.04.2021].

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 arvensis L. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:811928-1 [Accessed 27.04.2021].