National Botanic Garden of Wales, United Kingdom
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Cymraeg
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Veronica
gentianoides
'Blue Streak'
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Image: Moore, Dawn - NBGW
Family:
Plantaginaceae (plantain family)
Distribution:
Gardd/Garden
Life form:
Perennial plant • Planhigyn lluosflwydd
Geirdarddiad / Etymology:
Veronica (veh-RON-ih-ka): Named for Saint Veronica, who wiped the sweat from Christ’s face.
Geirdarddiad / Etymology:
gentianoides (jen-shee-uh-NOY-deez): Like gentian.
Description:
With rosettes of broadly lance-shaped, dark green leaves and, in summer, erect, terminal racemes of shallowly cup-shaped, pale blue flowers with darker blue veins.
Locations
1:
IWGA16-Inner Walled Garden Quadrant A Bed 16/Yr Ardd Fewnol Cwadrant A Gwely 16
(IWGA16)
• Accession: 2013-0390 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
2:
IWGA17-Inner Walled Garden Quadrant A Bed 17/Yr Ardd Fewnol Cwadrant A Gwely 17
(IWGA17)
• Accession: 2013-0390 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
3:
IWGB17-Inner Walled Garden Quadrant B Bed 17/Yr Ardd Fewnol Cwadrant B Gwely 17
(IWGB17)
• Accession: 2013-0390 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
Area
Individual