Veronica beccabunga |
Veronica longifolia |
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American brooklime, American speedwell, brooklime, European speedwell, véronique beccabunga |
long-leaf speedwell, véronique à longues feuilles |
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Habit | Perennials. | |
Stems | erect, usually with 10–20 nodes, (50–)70–120(–150) cm, proximal 1/2 glabrous, distal 1/2 eglandular-hairy with some glandular hairs intermixed. |
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Leaves | blade narrowly ovate-lanceolate, almost linear, or narrowly ovate, (60–)80–120(–150) × 10–30(–35) mm, base cuneate, truncate, or cordate, margins serrate to biserrate, apex acute, surfaces sparsely or densely eglandular-hairy, rarely glabrous. |
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Racemes | 1–7(–9), terminal and occasionally axillary, 100–200(–300) mm, 150–300-flowered, axis eglandular- and glandular-hairy; bracts linear to subulate, 2–6 mm. |
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Pedicels | erect, (1–)1.5–3(–5) mm, shorter than subtending bract, densely eglandular-hairy, sometimes also glandular-hairy. |
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Flowers | calyx lobes 2–2.5(–4) mm, apex acute, eglandular-hairy, sometimes glandular-hairy; corolla blue, campanulate, longer than wide, 5–7 mm diam.; stamens 5–6 mm; style (5–)6–8(–10) mm. |
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Capsules | ± compressed in cross section, ovoid, 2.5–3 × 2.5–3 mm, apex emarginate, glabrous. |
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Seeds | 2–40, light brown, ellipsoid, flat, 0.7–1.2 × 0.5–0.8 mm, 0.2–0.3 mm thick, smooth. |
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2n | = 34, 68 (Eurasia). |
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Veronica beccabunga |
Veronica longifolia |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug(–Sep). | |
Habitat | Moist (swampy) habitats, roadsides. | |
Elevation | 0–800 m. (0–2600 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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AK; CT; FL; IA; IL; IN; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MT; ND; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; VT; WA; WI; WV; AB; BC; MB; NB; NF; NS; NT; ON; PE; QC; SK; YT; Eurasia [Introduced in North America; introduced also in South America, Pacific Islands (New Zealand)]
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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.) |
Reports of Veronica bachofenii Heuffel, V. grandis Fischer ex Sprengel (= V. daurica Steven), or V. spuria Linnaeus, seem always to refer to garden varieties of V. longifolia. Garden varieties often differ from typical plants in having glandular hairs and broader leaves, which may indicate past hybridization with other species. Subgenus Pseudolysimachium includes Veronica longifolia and V. spicata, which are naturalized in the flora area, but also other species and hybrids of these, which are commonly grown ornamentally and may escape from cultivation. All of these plants should easily key out with V. longifolia and V. spicata but differ in specifics of the species descriptions. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 312. | FNA vol. 17, p. 308. |
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Veronica | Plantaginaceae > Veronica |
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Synonyms | V. maritima | |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 12. (1753) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 10. (1753) |
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