Pan India Bouquets

Veronica didyma Ten.

Family : Scrophulariaceae
(Figwort Family)
Family (Hindi name) : BRAHMI FAMILY (ब्राह्मी फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Plantaginaceae
Synonym(s) : Cardia didyma (Ten.) Dulac; Pocilla polita (Fr.) Fourr.; Veronica colocensis Menyh.; Veronica nitidula Rchb. ex Walp.; Veronica thellungiana (E.Lehm.) Dalla Torre & Sarnth.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Veronica polita Fr.
Common name : Grey Field-Speedwell, Wayside speedwell
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Waste fields; below 2200 m. altitude
Comments / notes : Stems and leaves are sweet and edible.
Flower, Fruit : March-October
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., European Russia, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Ita
Exotic/Native : Exotic
World Distribution : Europe to Central Asia and West Himalaya, Canary Islands to North Somalia and Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Arizona, Arkansas, Brazil South, China, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Madeira, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Peru, Qinghai, Socotra, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Uruguay, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Xinjiang
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 190
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Veronica didyma. Downloaded on 3 December 2023.

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