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Veronica peregrina

Veronica hederifolia

purslane speedwell

ivy-leaf speedwell
Habit Fibrous-rooted annual, the stems erect, 0.5-3 dm. tall, simple or branched below. Taprooted annual, the stem branched at the base and prostrate or ascending, 0.5-4 dm. long; herbage with some spreading, stiff hairs.
Leaves

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

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

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.

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 3-4 mm. high, obcordate.

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

Veronica peregrina

Veronica hederifolia
Flowering time April-September April-June
Habitat Swales, wet meadows, stream banks, and other moist places, from the lowlands to moderate elevations in the mountains. Waste places, disturbed soil.
Distribution
Widely distributed throughout most of Washington; widely distributed throughout North America.
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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 Both native (var. xalapensis) and introduced (var. peregrina) varieties Introduced from Europe
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. 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
Subordinate taxa
V. peregrina var. peregrina, V. peregrina var. xalapensis
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