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Veronica verna

Veronica officinalis

spring speedwell

Paul's betony, common speedwell
Habit Fibrous-rooted perennial, the lower portion of the stem creeping and rooting at the nodes, with reduced leaves; upper portion of the stem erect, 0.5-2.5 dm. long; herbage and inflorescence with prominent, spreading hairs.
Leaves

Leaves opposite, elliptic or elliptic-ovate, narrowed to a short petiole, 1.5-5 cm. long and 0.6-3 cm. wide, finely serrate
Flowers

Inflorescence of spike-like racemes on long peduncles arising from the leaf axils;

pedicels 1-2 mm. long, surpassed by the small, alternate, subtending bracts;

calyx of 4 sepals;

corolla light blue, sometimes with lavender stripes, 4-8 mm. wide, rotate, 4-lobed;

style 2.5-4.5 mm. long;

stamens 2.
Fruits

Capsule 4 mm. high, broadly triangular-cordate, nearly truncate.

Veronica verna

Veronica officinalis
Flowering time April-June April-July
Habitat Fields, roadsides, wastelots, and other disturbed areas. Roadsides, fields, balds, prairies, ditches, forest edge, lawns, wastelots, and other disturbed open areas at low to middle elevations.
Distribution
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon, east to Montana and Wyoming.
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Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the northern Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and northeastern North America.
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Origin Introduced from Europe 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. peregrina, V. persica, V. polita, V. regina-nivalis, V. rubra, V. schizantha, V. scutellata, V. serpyllifolia, V. triphyllos, 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. 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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