Veronica beccabunga |
Veronica cusickii |
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American brooklime, American speedwell, brooklime, European speedwell, véronique beccabunga |
Cusick's speedwell |
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Habit | Perennials. | |
Stems | erect, unbranched or sparsely branched at base, (5–)10–15(–30) cm, finely glandular-hairy. |
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Leaves | blade elliptic-ovate, (5–)10–25 × 5–10 mm, base cuneate, margins entire or subentire, apex short-acuminate, surfaces glabrous or glabrate. |
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Racemes | 1, terminal, (15–)40–80(–130) mm, (4–)8–30(–40)-flowered, axis finely glandular-hairy; bracts lanceolate, 3–7(–11) mm. |
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Pedicels | erect, 3–9 mm, equal to or ± longer than subtending bract, finely glandular-hairy. |
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Flowers | calyx lobes 2–3 mm, apex acute to obtuse, finely glandular-hairy; corolla deep blue-violet, rarely white, rotate, (8–)10–13 mm diam.; stamens 4–8 mm; style (5–)6–9(–10) mm, conspicuously exerted. |
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Capsules | compressed in cross section, oblong-obovoid, 4–6 × 3.5–5.5 mm, ca. as long as wide, apex emarginate, finely glandular-hairy. |
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Seeds | 28–32, straw colored or dark brown, ovoid, flat, 0.6 × 0.4 mm, 0.1 mm thick, rough. |
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2n | = 18, 72. |
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Veronica beccabunga |
Veronica cusickii |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug. | |
Habitat | Gravelly soils, openings in coniferous forests and in subalpine and alpine meadows. | |
Elevation | 1500–3200 m. (4900–10500 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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CA; ID; MT; OR; WA; BC
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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 cusickii is sister to V. copelandii and closely related to V. wormskjoldii subsp. nutans (D. C. Albach et al. 2006). (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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Synonyms | V. allenii | |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 12. (1753) | A. Gray: in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 288. (1878) |
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