Flora of North America species comparison

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Veronicastrum

veronicastrum
Habit Herbs, perennial; rhizomatous.
Stems

erect, sparsely to densely villous proximally, sometimes glabrous distally.
Leaves

cauline, whorled, rarely opposite;

petiole present;

blade not fleshy, not leathery, margins serrate to doubly serrate.
Inflorescences

terminal, spikelike racemes;

peduncle absent;

bracts present.
Pedicels

present;

bracteoles present.
Flowers

bisexual;

sepals (4 or)5, proximally connate, calyx bilaterally symmetric, cylindric, lobes lanceolate;

corolla white or pinkish, weakly bilaterally symmetric, weakly bilabiate, tubular-salverform, tube base not spurred or gibbous, lobes 4, abaxial 3, adaxial 1;

stamens 2, proximally adnate to corolla, filaments pubescent proximally;

staminode 0;

ovary 2-locular, placentation axile;

stigma capitate.
Fruits

capsules, dehiscence loculicidal, sometimes also septicidal, becoming 2- or apparently 4-valved distally.
Seeds

10–30, brown or reddish brown, ellipsoid, wings absent.
× = 17.

Veronicastrum
Distribution
from USDA
e North America; c North America; e Asia
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Species ca. 20 (1 in the flora).

Veronicastrum appears to be part of a grade of genera in Veroniceae that is ancestral to Veronica (D. C. Albach et al. 2004).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 322. Author: Craig C. Freeman.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae
Subordinate taxa
V. virginicum
Name authority Heister ex Fabricius: Enum., 111. (1759)
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