Veronica

Herbs or subshrubs (V. fruticans) [shrubs], perennial, biennial (V. triphyllos), or annual; rhizomes creeping or absent. Stems creeping to erect, glabrous or hairy, glandular or eglandular. Leaves cauline, rarely in basal rosettes, opposite, sometimes alternate distally, rarely proximally (V. fruticans); petiole absent or present; blade not fleshy, not leathery (except V. fruticans ), margins entire, dentate, serrate, 3–5-pinnately lobed, 3–7 pinnatifid, or ± palmatifid. Inflorescences terminal and/or axillary, racemes; bracts present, sometimes leaflike. Pedicels absent or present; bracteoles absent. Flowers bisexual; sepals 4(or 5), basally connate, calyx bilaterally symmetric, rotate to campanulate, lobes linear to suborbiculate or triangular-cordate; corolla light to deep blue with lighter or reddish center, violet, lavender, or purple to pink with darker center, or white, bilaterally symmetric, weakly bilabiate, rotate or short-tubular, sometimes campanulate, tube base not spurred or gibbous, lobes 4, abaxial 3, adaxial 1; stamens 2, basally adnate to corolla, filaments glabrous; staminode 0; ovary 2-locular, placentation axile; stigma pointed to capitate. Fruits capsules, dehiscence loculicidal. Seeds (1–)4–140, yellow to brown, rarely blackish (V. triphyllos), planoconvex to urn-shaped, wings absent. × = 9.

3-6 hours of sun per day, with protection from intense mid-day sun

Water sparingly, allowing the mix to nearly dry out between watering.

Veronica

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