Scrophulariaceae

Veronica polita

Veronica L. Veronica polita FRIES Ömür: Tek yıllık Yapı: ot Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 9 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 6 Habitat: seyrek ormanlardaki çıplak topraklar, bozkır, ekilmiş arazi, yol kenarları Minimum yükseklik: 0 Maksimum yükseklik: 1800 Endemik: - Element: ? Türkiye dağılımı: Türkiye Genel dağılımı: Ilıman Avrasya ve K. Afrika Bulunduğu kareler :A1 A2 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 B1 B4 B5 B6 B9 C2 C4 C6

V. polita Fries, Nov. Fl. Suec. 63 (1819). Syn: V. didyma auct., vix Ten. (1811). Ic: Fl. URSS 22: t. 17 f. 5 (1955); Hegi, I11. Fl. Mittel-Eur. ed. 2, 6(1): t. 239 f. 9 (1968). Figures 22, p. 691; 23, p. 693. Annual. Stems 5-30 cm, strongly decumbent, strongly branched, with 1-3 pairs of leaves. Petiole 1-5 mm; lamina ovate, 5-12x4-10 mm, sparsely pubescent to subglabrous, dark green, ± slightly coriaceous and ± shining, remaining greenish when dry, base rounded to cordate, margin crenate to deeply crenate, ± revolute. All bracts leaf-like. Pedicels 4-I0(-15) mm, ½-1½ x subtending bracts, ± curved downwards. Calyx lobes broadly ovate or elliptic, 3.5-4.5 x 2.2-3.5 mm in fruit, usually overlapping laterally, somewhat membranous with prominent veins. Corolla blue, 5-8 mm diam. Style (0.7-)l-l .5(-l .8) mm, usually overtopping sinus. Capsule scarcely compressed, 3-4x4-6 mm, 2-lobed, usually densely pubescent with short eglandular and longer glandular hairs, veins indistinct or absent, keel indistinct, sinus acute, narrow. Seeds c. 20-24, 1 • 1-1.6 x 0.7-1.2 mm, pale yellowish, clearly cymbiform, rugose with parallel ridges. Fl. 9-6. Bare soil in open forests, steppe, cultivated land, roadsides, s. l.-1800 m. Described from Sweden. Widespread. A1(E) Edirne: 18 km W. of Edirne, at Bulgarian frontier, 100 m, Ehrend. 62-1/97-1! A2(E) Istanbul: Rumelihisarı, 2.1 v 1918, B.Post! A2(A) Istanbul: Vaniköy, 4 v 1902, Azn.! A4 Bolu: 1 km W. of Gerede, 1200 m,Sorger 70-4-7! A/B4 Ankara: nr Ankara, Andrasovszky 650. A5 Çorum: 16 km E. of Çorum, 950 m, Tobey 2509! A6 Samsun: N.W. of Samsun, 10 m, Tobey 446! A7 Gümüşane: Gümüşane to Torul, 25 iv 1974, Speta! A8 Çoruh: nr Artvin (Grossheim 7: map 589). Bl Çanakkale: Kalifatli, Sint. 1883:15b p.p.! B4 Ankara: Kepekli Boğazi, Düzenli 204 p.p.! B5 Nevşehir: nr Nevşehir, 1000 m, 1896, Oberhıımmer! B6 Maraş: Mehmet Bey 10 km N. of Göksun, 1300 m, D. 27598! B9 Bitlis: 9 km from Ahlat to Adilcevaz, 1750 m, D. 43366! C2 Denizli: W. slopes of Honaz Da. above Kazi Beli pass, 1300-1700 m, Ehrend. 62-1/32-21! C4 Konya: Konya to Çumra, Kücük köy, 980 m, Helbaek 2390 II! C6 Hatay: nr Iskenderun, c. 3 m, Hand.-Mazz. 50! Is: Khios, Platt 382; Rodhos, 1965-66, Hansen & Snogerııp. Temperate Eurasia and N. Africa. Probably native in S.W. Asia, but now an almost cosmopolitan weed.