Veronica jacquinii Baumg. - Jacquin's Speedwell
Scientific Description:
Perennial, (15−)25−50(−70) cm, often slightly woody and slightly branched at base; stems erect or slightly ascending at base, robust, ± densely pilose with ± crisp (0.6−)0.8−1.2 (−l.5) mm hairs and with 6−11 pairs of leaves below lowest raceme. Leaves subsessile, (12−)15−25(−35) × 5−20(−30) mm, deeply pinnatisect or ± bipinnatisect (leaves of shoot apex also usually pinnatisect), pubescent with upward-curved or ± crisp 0. 4−1.2 (−l.5) mm hairs; margins slightly revolute; often ± blackening when dry. Racemes (l−)2−4(−6), usually opposite, (6−)10−15(−20) cm, 30−50-flowered, axis and pedicels pubescent with ± crisp eglandular (0.3−)0.4−l.0 mm hairs, peduncle 4−10 cm. Pedicels 3−6 mm, 0.7−1.5 × bracts. Lower bracts pinnatifid, upper linear. Calyx 4−7 mm, lobes 4−5, linear-lanceolate, pilose or glabrous. Corolla bright to deep blue, 12−18 mm diam. Style 5−6.5 mm. Capsule elliptic to suborbicular, (4−)5−7 × 4−6 mm, 1−1.5 × calyx, shortly pubescent or glabrous, base rounded-truncate, sinus ± acute, 0.2−0. 25 × capsule length, lobes often somewhat pointed at apex. Seeds c. 6−12, elliptic, 2−2.5 × 1.5−2 mm, slightly convex, rugose.
Flowering time: April−June.
Habitat: Quercus L. and Pinus L. forests and scrub, macchie, stony slopes, ruins, 250−1300 m.
Reference:
Fischer MA (1978). Veronica jacquinii Baumg., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 6: 733.
Public Description:
Veronica jacquinii, commonly known as “Jacquin’s speedwell”, grows naturally in the Balkan Peninsula, Eastern Europe and Western Turkey. It is a perennial plant which have blue flower and less than generally 50 cm in length. It blooms between April and June in oak and pine forests, macchie, stony slopes and ruins.
References:
Anonymous 1 (2016). http://robinsyard.blogspot.com.tr/2012/04/veronica-jacquinii.html/,Accessed date: 23.09.2016.
Güner ED (2012) Veronica L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 677–684.