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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Veronica longifolia
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pseudolysimachion longifolium
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Veronica longifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Veronica longifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Veronica longifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Veronica longifolia
COMMON NAME:
Garden Speedwell, Longleaf Speedwell
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Veronica longifolia
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pseudolysimachion longifolium
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Veronica longifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Veronica longifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Veronica longifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Veronica longifolia
1613
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite (bracts abruptly smaller, upper bracteal lvs often alternate)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Deep blue
Bilaterally symmetrical
4 sepals
4-lobed rotate corolla
2 well exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in a terminal spike
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
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