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Veronica biloba

Veronica hederifolia

ivy-leaf speedwell
Habit Taprooted annual, the stem branched at the base and prostrate or ascending, 0.5-4 dm. long; herbage with some spreading, stiff hairs.
Leaves

Leaves 0.5-2 cm. wide, wider than long, palmately veined and lobed, usually with 3-5 lobes, with a petiole no longer than the blade; lowest leaves opposite;

leaves from the lowest flower upward all alternate and fully developed.
Flowers

Flowers borne singly and remotely in the axils of the alternate leaves on petioles up to 1.5 cm. long, along the elongate stem;

sepals 4, becoming 5-7 mm. long and deltoid-ovate with marginal hairs in fruit;

corolla pale blue, rotate, 3 mm. wide, 4-lobed;

style 0.6-1 mm. long;

stamens 2.
Fruits

Capsule 2.5-3.5 mm. high, broader than high, slightly notched.

Veronica biloba

Veronica hederifolia
Flowering time April-June
Habitat Waste places, disturbed soil.
Distribution
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Occurring in scattered locations on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon, east to Idaho and Utah; other scattered locations in central and eastern North America.
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Origin Introduced from Europe
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
V. americana, V. anagallis-aquatica, V. argute-serrata, V. arvensis, V. catenata, V. chamaedrys, V. cusickii, V. dissecta, V. filiformis, V. hederifolia, V. ×lackschewitzii, V. longifolia, V. missurica, V. officinalis, V. peregrina, V. persica, V. polita, V. regina-nivalis, V. rubra, V. schizantha, V. scutellata, V. serpyllifolia, V. triphyllos, V. verna, V. wormskjoldii
V. americana, V. anagallis-aquatica, V. argute-serrata, V. arvensis, V. catenata, V. chamaedrys, V. cusickii, V. dissecta, V. filiformis, V. ×lackschewitzii, V. longifolia, V. missurica, V. officinalis, V. peregrina, V. persica, V. polita, V. regina-nivalis, V. rubra, V. schizantha, V. scutellata, V. serpyllifolia, V. triphyllos, V. verna, V. wormskjoldii
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