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Veronica peregrina

Veronica catenata

purslane speedwell

chain speedwell
Habit Fibrous-rooted annual, the stems erect, 0.5-3 dm. tall, simple or branched below. Glabrous, short-lived perennial from fibrous roots, the stems usually erect, 2-10 dm. tall.
Leaves

Principal leaves opposite, linear-oblong to oblanceolate, 0.5-3 cm. long and 1-9 mm. wide, irregularly toothed or entire.

Leaves opposite, sessile and clasping, elliptic-ovate to elliptic-oblong, 3-5 times as long as wide, entire.
Flowers

Inflorescence terminal, elongate, lax;

bracts alternate, similar to the leaves, gradually reduced upward, each subtending a single, sub-sessile flower;

sepals 4;

corolla white, inconspicuous, 2 mm. wide;

style very short;

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 3-4 mm. high, obcordate.

swollen, 2.5-4 mm. high and a little wider, shallowly notched.

Veronica peregrina

Veronica catenata
Flowering time April-September June-August
Habitat Swales, wet meadows, stream banks, and other moist places, from the lowlands to moderate elevations in the mountains. Slow-moving streams and ditches.
Distribution
Widely distributed throughout most of Washington; widely distributed throughout North America.
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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 Both native (var. xalapensis) and introduced (var. peregrina) varieties Native
Conservation status Not of concern 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. 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. 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
Subordinate taxa
V. peregrina var. peregrina, V. peregrina var. xalapensis
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