Plantaginaceae FAMILY

Veronica hederifolia

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Veronica hederifolia is an annual to biennial plant growing from a slender rootstock. The slender stem is decumbent to procumbent, producing long lateral shoots; it can grow 8 - 30cm tall, exceptionally to 60cm[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. The plant has become a weed of temperate regions.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurasia - Norway to Portugal, east through the Caucasus and Turkey to Central Asia, Iran and the Levant; N. Africa - Macaronesia, Morocco to Liba

HabitatCommon in cultivated ground throughout Britain[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ]. Wastelands, on banks of rivulets, in forest glades, foothills[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].