Veronica beccabunga |
Veronica copelandii |
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American brooklime, American speedwell, brooklime, European speedwell, véronique beccabunga |
Copeland's speedwell |
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Habit | Perennials. | |
Stems | ascending, unbranched, 5–15 cm, densely glandular-hairy. |
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Leaves | blade oblong-elliptic, (5–)10–15(–35) × 4–8 mm, base cuneate, margins entire, apex short-acuminate, surfaces hairy. |
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Racemes | 1, terminal, distalmost leaves often with 1 or 2 axillary flowers, 10–80 mm, (3–)5–15-flowered, axis glandular-hairy; bracts lanceolate, 3–5 mm. |
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Pedicels | erect, 5–8 mm, equal to ± longer than subtending bract, densely glandular-hairy. |
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Flowers | calyx 4(or 5)-lobed, lobes (1–)2–3 mm, apex obtuse, glandular-hairy; corolla pale blue to purple, rotate, 8–10 mm diam.; stamens 4–5 mm; style 7 mm. |
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Capsules | compressed in cross section, broadly oblong, 5–6 × 3.5 mm, longer than wide, apex emarginate, glandular-hairy. |
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Seeds | number unknown, brown, ovoid, flat, 1–1.2 × 0.7–1.1 mm, thickness and texture unknown. |
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2n | = 18. |
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Veronica beccabunga |
Veronica copelandii |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Aug. | |
Habitat | Subalpine meadows, alpine slopes. | |
Elevation | 1900–2500 m. (6200–8200 ft.) | |
Distribution |
CA; CT; IL; MA; MD; ME; MI; MO; NJ; NV; NY; OH; PA; VA; WI; WV; BC; ON; QC; Eurasia; Africa [Introduced in North America; introduced also in s South America]
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Discussion | Subspecies 3 (1 in the flora). Subspecies abscondita M. A. Fischer is found from eastern Turkey to western Iran, while the native range of subsp. muscosa (Korshinsky) Elenevsky extends from eastern Iran to southern China. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Veronica copelandii is sister to V. cusickii in the phylogenetic analysis by D. C. Albach et al. (2006). It occurs in the Klamath Ranges of northwestern California. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 312. | FNA vol. 17, p. 310. |
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Veronica | Plantaginaceae > Veronica |
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Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 12. (1753) | Eastwood: Bot. Gaz. 41: 288, fig. 2. (1906) — (as copelandi) |
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