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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Veronica officinalis   FAMILY Plantaginaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veronica officinalis   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Veronica officinalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)

Veronica officinalis

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Veronica officinalis var. officinalis

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Veronica officinalis var. tournefortii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-20-010:

Veronica officinalis   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Veronica officinalis

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Speedwell, Gypsyweed, Heath Speedwell


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image of Veronica officinalis, Common Speedwell, Gypsyweed, Heath Speedwell

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_veof2_001_lvd

        

image of Veronica officinalis, Common Speedwell, Gypsyweed, Heath Speedwell

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_339

        

image of Veronica officinalis, Common Speedwell, Gypsyweed, Heath Speedwell

Keith Bradley    kab_v_officinalis_1083

May    Henderson County    NC

Pisgah National Forest

image of Veronica officinalis, Common Speedwell, Gypsyweed, Heath Speedwell

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_v_officinalis_4

May        

Flowers in spikelike racemes, with extremely short pedicels, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Veronica officinalis, Common Speedwell, Gypsyweed, Heath Speedwell

JK Marlow    jkm090607_026

June    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

A hairy, reclining mat-forming plant with thick toothed elliptic leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Veronica officinalis, Common Speedwell, Gypsyweed, Heath Speedwell

JK Marlow    jkm090607_026c

June    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Corolla light blue, sometimes with darker lines, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Veronica officinalis, Common Speedwell, Gypsyweed, Heath Speedwell

JK Marlow    jkm090607_031

June    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Veronica officinalis, Common Speedwell, Gypsyweed, Heath Speedwell

JK Marlow    jkm200606_5731

June    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Veronica officinalis, Common Speedwell, Gypsyweed, Heath Speedwell

JK Marlow    jkm200606_5733

June    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Veronica officinalis, Common Speedwell, Gypsyweed, Heath Speedwell

JK Marlow    jkm200606_5740

June    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Veronica officinalis, Common Speedwell, Gypsyweed, Heath Speedwell

JK Marlow    jkm200606_5744

June    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Veronica officinalis, Common Speedwell, Gypsyweed, Heath Speedwell

JK Marlow    jkm200606_5746

June    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Veronica officinalis, Common Speedwell, Gypsyweed, Heath Speedwell

JK Marlow    s090607_04

June    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Flowers less than 1/4" across; leaves up to 2" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Veronica officinalis, Common Speedwell, Gypsyweed, Heath Speedwell

JK Marlow    s090607_06

June    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Veronica officinalis   FAMILY Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veronica officinalis   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Veronica officinalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Veronica officinalis

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Veronica officinalis var. officinalis

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Veronica officinalis var. tournefortii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-20-010:
Veronica officinalis   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Veronica officinalis

 

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1614

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Fields and forests; often interpreted as being of mixed native and alien background in North America, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native

Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in SC Mountains & GA Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite (upper bracteal leaves opposite as well)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Lilac-blue
Bilaterally symmetrical
4 sepals
4-lobed rotate corolla
2 well exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in axillary spikelike racemes

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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