Flora of North America species comparison

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Veronica beccabunga

Veronica grandiflora

American brooklime, American speedwell, brooklime, European speedwell, véronique beccabunga

large-flower speedwell
Habit Perennials.
Stems

prostrate to erect, unbranched, (3–)5–15(–20) cm, viscid-hairy.
Leaves

blade elliptic-ovate, 20–45 × 15–30 mm, 1–3 times as long as wide, base cuneate, margins ± crenate-serrate, apex acute to rounded, abaxial surface with articulate hairs or glabrous, adaxial hirsute, or surfaces sparsely ciliate only.
Racemes

1–4, axillary, 50–150 mm, 3–8-flowered, axis viscid-hairy;

bracts oblong, 3–5 mm.
Pedicels

suberect, 8–10 mm, longer than subtending bract, viscid-hairy.
Flowers

calyx lobes 4 mm, apex obtuse, hairy;

corolla bright blue to violet-blue, 8–9 mm diam.;

stamens 7 mm;

style 7–9 mm.
Capsules

compressed in cross section, obovoid, 9–11 × 7–8 mm, apex emarginate, sparsely hairy.
Seeds

unknown.
2n

= ca. 48–50 (Russia).

Veronica beccabunga

Veronica grandiflora
Phenology Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat Meadows, between stones, slopes, alpine slopes.
Elevation 0–600 m. (0–2000 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
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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from FNA
AK; Asia (Japan, Russia)
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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.)
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 312. FNA vol. 17, p. 311.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Veronica Plantaginaceae > Veronica
Sibling taxa
V. agrestis, V. alpina, V. americana, V. anagallis-aquatica, V. argute-serrata, V. arvensis, V. biloba, V. catenata, V. chamaedrys, V. copelandii, V. cusickii, V. cymbalaria, V. dillenii, V. filiformis, V. fruticans, V. grandiflora, V. hederifolia, V. longifolia, V. officinalis, V. peregrina, V. persica, V. polita, V. scutellata, V. serpyllifolia, V. spicata, V. stelleri, V. sublobata, V. teucrium, V. triloba, V. triphyllos, V. undulata, V. verna, V. wormskjoldii
V. agrestis, V. alpina, V. americana, V. anagallis-aquatica, V. argute-serrata, V. arvensis, V. beccabunga, V. biloba, V. catenata, V. chamaedrys, V. copelandii, V. cusickii, V. cymbalaria, V. dillenii, V. filiformis, V. fruticans, V. hederifolia, V. longifolia, V. officinalis, V. peregrina, V. persica, V. polita, V. scutellata, V. serpyllifolia, V. spicata, V. stelleri, V. sublobata, V. teucrium, V. triloba, V. triphyllos, V. undulata, V. verna, V. wormskjoldii
Subordinate taxa
V. beccabunga subsp. beccabunga
Synonyms V. aphylla var. grandiflora, V. grandiflora var. minor
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 12. (1753) Gaertner: Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. 14(1): 531, plate 18, fig. 1. (1770)
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