Published In:
Scrophularineae Indicae 45. 1835. ( Scroph. Ind.) 
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(Last Modified On 5/10/2022)
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Acceptance
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Accepted
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(Last Modified On 3/16/2019)
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Contributor Text:
Sultanul Abedin, M. Qaiser and G.R. Sarwar
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Contributor Institution:
Centre for Plant Conservation, University of Karachi – Pakistan
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Synonym Text:
Veronica melissifolia Desf. ex Poir., Encycl. Meth. Bot. 8: 526. 1808 (nom. utrique rej.); Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 4: 295. 1884; Blatter, Beaut. Fls. Kashm. 80. 1928; Pennell l. c. 86. 1943; R. R. Stewart, Cat. Vasc. Pl. Pak. Kashm. 665. 1872; Polunin & Stainton, Fls. Himal. 297. 1984; N. Aman, et al., Scroph. Kashm. Himal. 152. Pl. 19. f. 12. 2003.
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Flower/Fruit:
Fl. Per.: May-August.
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Type:
Type: “Hab. Ad Kidarkonia, Royal”.
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Distribution:
Turkey, Iran, C. Asia, Pakistan, Kashmir, India, China and Japan,
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Comment/Acknowledgements:
A fairly common species of mountainous areas (Western Himalayas) from 1000-2700 m.
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Map Location:
B-7 Mansehra Distt.: Shogran, 2310 m, 30.6.1953, S. M. A. Kazmi s. n. (KUH); Rawalpindi Distt.: Rawalpindi city, 1955, K. Rahman 40 (KUH); Abbottabad Distt.: Nathia Gully, 31.5.1957, Salahuddin Masud 24 (KUH); Changla Gully, 15.6.1959, S. I. Ali 705 (KUH); 16.6.1959, S. M. H. Jafri 3117 (KUH); between Nathia Gully and Dunga Gully, 2400 m, 17.6.1959, S. M. H. Jafri & S. I. Ali 3229 (KUH); Nathia Gully, 17.6.1959, S. I. Ali 810 (KUH); Bara Gully, 30 cm tall, flowers purple, 5.9.1969, Saida Qureshi s. n. (KUH); Nathia Gully, 25.6.1970, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 2026, 2062 (KUH); Mansehra Distt.: Shogran, above Shogran, 2370 m, 1.6.1984, Yasin J. Nasir 10864 (KUH); ibid, 25 cm tall, flowers blue, 2250 m, 11.8.1971, S. Abedin & M. Qaiser 8826 (KUH); Mansehra Distt.: Kaghan, Sani Hut, 2880 m, 5.7.1975, E. & Y. Nasir and E. & E. J. Ecker 7685 (RAW, KUH); Abbottabad Distt.: between Changla Gully and Nathia Gully, 5.7.1977, M. Qaiser & K. A. Akhtar 111, 130 (KUH); Kashmir: Serimang, 1800 m, 29.5.1977, Y. Nasir & A. Khan 8352 (RAW, KUH); Mansehra Distt.: Sharan, Kaghan, near Forest Rest House, 2400 m, 22.6.1978, Y. Nasir & W. Meijer 8790 (KUH); Bara Gully, 2400 m, 13.5.1984, Todd Nachowitz 128 (KUH); Abbottabad Distt.: below Changla Gully, c. 2500 m, 24.6.1979, Y. Nasir & Nazir 10248 (KUH); c. 2 miles from Nathia Gully on way to Murree, 29.5.1983, S. Omer, S. Nazimuddin & A. Wahid 1125 (KUH); B-8 Kashmir: Keran, in forest, 1800 m, 15.7.1939, R. R. & I. D. Stewart 17625 (RAW, KUH); Kishan Ganga Vy., 1.6.1956, coll. ignot 1418-A (KUH); Muzaffarbad Distt.: Pathwar Gully, Leepa Village Road, 26.8.1972, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 5058, 5116 (KUH); Bara Gully, 3 miles E. of Univ. Campus, 25.6.1973, S. M. A. Kazmi 4647 (KUH); Muzaffarabad Distt.: Jhuggian, near Jhereng, flowers purple, 22.8.1986, M. Qaiser & R. Yusuf 7614 (KUH); C-7: Rawalpindi Distt.: Ayubia, 14 miles from Murree, 28.5.1978, S. Nazimuddin & S. Abedin 1264 (KUH); Mansehra Distt.: Dunga Gully, 7.8.1981, Y. Nasir & A. Khan 9600 (RAW, KUH); Islamabad Distt.: 10.1.1982, K. A. Malik s. n. (KUH); Mansehra Dist.: Pabran, 3 miles from Shogran, 10.5.1983, S. Omer, S. Nazimuddin & A. Wahid 653 (KUH); Abbottabad Distt.: Changla Gully, 2500 m, Y. Nasir & Nazir 10248 (RAW, KUH).
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Perennial, rhizomatous herbs, 15-100 cm tall, multicellular hairy. Stem simple to branched, erect or ascending. Leaves 1.5-5 x 1-3 cm, usually ovate, cordate, rounded or truncate at base, dentate; petiole 0-7 mm. Raceme axillary, lax, 1-2.5 cm long, 15-35-flowered, hairy; peduncle 2-3 cm long; fruiting pedicel c. 3 mm long; bracts c. 5 mm long, linear to oblanceolate. Calyx 4-lobed, 4 mm long, accrescent in fruit up to 6 mm, lobes linear-elliptic, ciliate. Corolla rotate, 6-12 mm across, tube c. 1.5 mm long, hairy inside, lobes 4, 3 similar and globular, 1 oblong-elliptic, purple to blue. Stamens as long as corolla, anthers dark. Capsule 4-6 x 4-6 mm, obcordate, strongly compressed, sinus broad, base tapering, lobes rounded, hairy on distal end, somewhat dehiscent laterally. Style 3-4 mm long, exserted from the sinus, slender. Seeds 5-20 per capsule, c. 1 mm long, ovate, flat or biconvex, rugose.
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