Veronica triphyllos |
Veronica grandiflora |
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finger speedwell, fingered speedwell |
large-flower speedwell |
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Habit | Annuals, sometimes biennials. | Perennials. |
Stems | erect or ascending, often blue tinged, (3–)5–15(–20) cm, densely hairy. |
prostrate to erect, unbranched, (3–)5–15(–20) cm, viscid-hairy. |
Leaves | blade: proximal ovate to triangular, 5–7 × 3–6 mm, distal 8–18 × 8–18 mm, base rounded, margins (proximal) coarsely crenate or (distal) 3–5(–7)-palmatifid, apex obtuse, surfaces sparsely hairy, often glandular. |
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, terminal, sometimes also 1 or 2 axillary, 30–120(–150) mm, 6–15(–25)-flowered, axis densely eglandular- and glandular-hairy; proximal bracts 5-palmatifid, distal 3-fid, 4–18 mm. |
1–4, axillary, 50–150 mm, 3–8-flowered, axis viscid-hairy; bracts oblong, 3–5 mm. |
Pedicels | patent or arcuate-ascending, 4–11(–20) mm, ± equal to subtending bract, length 1–2 times calyx, densely hairy. |
suberect, 8–10 mm, longer than subtending bract, viscid-hairy. |
Flowers | calyx lobes 4–6(–11) mm, apex obtuse, glandular-hairy; corolla deep blue, 5–10 mm diam.; stamens 0.9–1.7 mm; style (0.5–)0.7–1.5(–2) mm. |
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 | ± inflated basally, compressed distally in cross section, obcordiform, 4–5(–10) × 4.5–6.5(–8) mm, apex emarginate, glandular-hairy. |
compressed in cross section, obovoid, 9–11 × 7–8 mm, apex emarginate, sparsely hairy. |
Seeds | 14–22(–35), dark brown or blackish, subglobular, cymbiform, 1–2.2 × 0.7–2 mm, 0.4–0.9 mm thick, ± rugulose to cristate. |
unknown. |
2n | = 14 (Eurasia). |
= ca. 48–50 (Russia). |
Veronica triphyllos |
Veronica grandiflora |
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Phenology | Flowering (Feb–)Mar–May(–Jul). | Flowering Jul–Aug. |
Habitat | Pine forests, stony pastures, rocky banks, sandy fields, gardens, roadsides, rarely calcareous soils. | Meadows, between stones, slopes, alpine slopes. |
Elevation | 100–1000 m. (300–3300 ft.) | 0–600 m. (0–2000 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; ID; KS; MO; OK; OR; WA; Eurasia [Introduced in North America] |
AK; Asia (Japan, Russia) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 315. | FNA vol. 17, p. 311. |
Parent taxa | ||
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | V. aphylla var. grandiflora, V. grandiflora var. minor | |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 14. (1753) | Gaertner: Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. 14(1): 531, plate 18, fig. 1. (1770) |
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