Veronica beccabunga |
Veronica filiformis |
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American brooklime, American speedwell, brooklime, European speedwell, véronique beccabunga |
creeping speedwell, slender speedwell, thread-stalk speedwell, véronique filiforme |
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Habit | Perennials. | |
Stems | creeping, 5–50 cm, eglandular- and glandular-hairy. |
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Leaves | blade suborbiculate, 4–13 × 4–14 mm, base cordate, margins crenate-serrate, teeth (2 or)3–5(or 6) per side, apex rounded, surfaces sparsely eglandular- and/or glandular-hairy. |
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Racemes | 1–6, terminal, 50–500 mm, 10–20-flowered, axis sparsely eglandular- and/or glandular-hairy; bracts suborbiculate, 4–13 mm. |
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Pedicels | patent or recurved, (15–)20–30 mm, length 2–5 times subtending bract, eglandular- and glandular-hairy. |
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Flowers | calyx lobes 4–7 mm, 1.5–2.5 mm wide, apex rounded, sparsely glandular-hairy to glabrate; corolla blue-violet to pale blue and white, 8–14 mm diam.; stamens 2.1–2.5 mm; style 3–4 mm. |
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Capsules | compressed in cross section, subglobular, 3.5–5 × 5.5–6.5 mm, apex emarginate, sinus angle 50–90°, absent or almost smooth, glabrous or glandular-ciliate. |
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Seeds | (2–)6–14(–18), ochre, ovoid, flat to ± excavate, 1.3–1.7 × 1–1.3 mm, 0.6–0.8 mm thick, rugose to rugulose. |
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2n | = 14 (Europe). |
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Veronica beccabunga |
Veronica filiformis |
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Phenology | Flowering (Mar–)Apr–Jun(–Aug). | |
Habitat | Moist lawns and meadows, waste fields, stream banks. | |
Elevation | 0–1000 m. (0–3300 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; CT; DC; DE; ID; MD; MI; NY; OH; OR; PA; VT; WA; WV; BC; ON; QC; Eurasia [Introduced in North 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 filiformis is self-incompatible. In the flora area, plants seldom produce capsules; it is dispersed by stem cuttings. The species is native to subalpine meadows in the Caucasus and northern Turkey. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 312. | FNA vol. 17, p. 320. |
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Veronica | Plantaginaceae > Veronica |
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Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 12. (1753) | Smith: Trans. Linn. Soc. London 1: 195. (1791) |
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