Plantaginaceae FAMILY
Veronica spuria
Veronica spuria
Edibility
1/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Veronica spuria is a herbaceous perennial plant growing from a creeping rootstock. It forms a cluster of erect stems that are branched above, growing 30 - 120cm tall[ 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 sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food, usually only in times of extreme need.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeEurasia - Estonia to Austria, east to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, western Siberia and Mongolia
HabitatMountain slopes and steppes; at elevations around. 1,100 metres in NW Xinjiang province, China[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. Damp and dry meadows, steppes and forest-steppes, along slopes, river banks, mixed-grass meadows[ 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. ].