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Veronica peregrina

Veronica scutellata

purslane speedwell

grass-leaf speedwell, marsh speedwell, skullcap speedwell
Habit Fibrous-rooted annual, the stems erect, 0.5-3 dm. tall, simple or branched below. Usually glabrous perennial from shallow, creeping rhizomes, the stem erect to ascending, 1-4 dm. long.
Leaves

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

Leaves all opposite, sessile, linear to lanceolate, 2-8 cm. long and 2-15 mm. wide, usually 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 open racemes on long peduncles arising from the leaf axils, each raceme 5-20 flowered, the flowers on filiform pedicels 6-17 mm. long;

sepals 4;

corolla bluish, 6-10 mm. wide, rotate, 4-lobed, the upper lobe the largest;

style 2-4 mm. long;

stamens 2.
Fruits

Capsule 3-4 mm. high, obcordate.

Capsule flattened, 2.5-4 mm. high, noticeably wider than high, broadly notched.

Veronica peregrina

Veronica scutellata
Flowering time April-September May-September
Habitat Swales, wet meadows, stream banks, and other moist places, from the lowlands to moderate elevations in the mountains. Wet places and open water, from the lowlands to middle elevations in the mountains.
Distribution
Widely distributed throughout most of Washington; widely distributed throughout North America.
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains, northern Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and eastern North America; Eurasia
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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. 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. serpyllifolia, V. triphyllos, V. verna, V. wormskjoldii
Subordinate taxa
V. peregrina var. peregrina, V. peregrina var. xalapensis
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