Veronica persica
Veronica longifolia
bird's-eye speedwell, bird-eye speedwell, large field or bird's-eye speedwell, Persian speedwell, véronique de perse
long-leaf speedwell, véronique à longues feuilles
creeping to decumbent, 10–50(–60) cm, eglandular-hairy.
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.
blade suborbiculate, broadly ovate, or broadly lanceolate, (6–)9–18(–30) × (5–)8–15(–20) mm, base truncate, margins serrate, apex acute, surfaces sparsely eglandular-hairy.
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.
1–6, terminal, 100–500(–600) mm, 5–30-flowered, axis eglandular-hairy;
bracts suborbiculate or broadly ovate or broadly lanceolate, (6–)9–18(–25) mm.
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.
spreading, deflexed in fruit, (12–)15–27(–38) mm, length 1–2(–3) times subtending bract, densely eglandular-hairy.
erect, (1–)1.5–3(–5) mm, shorter than subtending bract, densely eglandular-hairy, sometimes also glandular-hairy.
calyx lobes (4.5–)5.5–8(–9.5) mm, (1.7–)2.4–3.6(–4.2) mm wide, apex acuminate, eglandular-hairy;
corolla intense bright blue, 8–14 mm diam.;
stamens 1.2 mm;
style (1.5–)2–2.8(–3.2) mm.
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.
compressed in cross section, broadly obcordiform, 4–6 × (5–)6–8.5(–9.5) mm, apex acute, sinus angle (80–)90–120(–150)°, reticulate with prominent veins, ± sparsely to densely eglandular- and/or glandular-hairy or glabrate.
± compressed in cross section, ovoid, 2.5–3 × 2.5–3 mm, apex emarginate, glabrous.
(10–)12–18(–20), pale brownish yellow, ellipsoid to globular, cymbiform, (1.3–)1.4–2.3(–2.5) × (0.8–)0.9–1.6(–1.9) mm, 0.5–1 mm thick, cristate-rugose.
2–40, light brown, ellipsoid, flat, 0.7–1.2 × 0.5–0.8 mm, 0.2–0.3 mm thick, smooth.
= 28.
= 34, 68 (Eurasia).
Veronica persica
Veronica longifolia
The names Veronica buxbaumii Tenore and V. tournefortii C. C. Gmelin (not V. ×tournefortii Villars) have been used for V. persica.
(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.)
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