Species Veronica humifusa
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There aren’t any identifications of Veronica humifusa.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Veronica:
Probably after St Veronica, the maiden who handed her handkerchief to Jesus on his way to Calvary. He wiped his brow and returned the handkerchief, which now bore his likeness and so was called vera-ikon = true likeness, and the maiden became St Veronica (Brewer). The allusion is obscure.
Etymology of humifusa:
From the Latin humus = ‘ground’ and fusus = ‘poured over’; referring to a spreading habitat
Scientific name:
Veronica humifusa Dicks.
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Trans. Linn. Soc. London 2: 288 (1794); ex With., Bot. Arr. Brit. Pl., ed. 3 2: 15 (1796)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1794
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Veronica humifusa.
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