Veronica anagallis-aquatica |
Veronica catenata |
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blue water speedwell |
chain speedwell |
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Habit | Glabrous, short-lived perennial from fibrous roots, the stems usually erect, 2-10 dm. tall. | Glabrous, short-lived perennial from fibrous roots, the stems usually erect, 2-10 dm. tall. |
Leaves | Leaves opposite, sessile and clasping, elliptic-ovate to elliptic-oblong, 2-10 cm. long and 0.7-5 cm. wide, sharply serrate to entire. |
Leaves opposite, sessile and clasping, elliptic-ovate to elliptic-oblong, 3-5 times as long as wide, entire. |
Flowers | Inflorescence of many-flowered racemes on long peduncles arising in the leaf axils; calyx of 4 highly variable sepals; corolla blue, rotate, 4-lobed, the upper lobe the largest, about 5 mm. wide; style 1.5-2.5 mm. long; pedicels up-curved, 3-8 mm. long; stamens 2. |
Inflorescence of few-flowered racemes on long peduncles arising in the leaf axils; calyx of 4 broad, blunt sepals; corolla white to pink, rotate, 4-lobed, the upper lobe the largest, about 5 mm. wide; style 1.5-2.5 mm. long; pedicels spreading, 3-8 mm. long; stamens 2. |
Fruits | Capsule swollen, 2.5-4 mm. high and wide, scarcely notched. |
swollen, 2.5-4 mm. high and a little wider, shallowly notched. |
Veronica anagallis-aquatica |
Veronica catenata |
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Flowering time | June-September | June-August |
Habitat | In or along slow-moving streams and ditches at low to moderate elevations. | Slow-moving streams and ditches. |
Distribution | Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east across North America to the Atlantic Coast.
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Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east across most of North America to the Atlantic Coast.
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Origin | Introduced from Europe | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Not of concern |
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