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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Veronica americana
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veronica americana
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Veronica americana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Veronica americana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Field Manual of Michigan Flora (Voss & Reznicek, 2012)
Veronica beccabunga var. americana
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-20-009:
Veronica americana FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Veronica americana
COMMON NAME:
American Speedwell, Brooklime
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Margaret Armstrong, Field Book Of Western Wild Flowers maa_veronica_americana
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_veam2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_veam2_003_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Veronica americana
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veronica americana
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Veronica americana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Veronica americana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Field Manual of Michigan Flora (Voss & Reznicek, 2012)
Veronica beccabunga var. americana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-20-009:
Veronica americana
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Veronica americana
3349
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: bogs, marshes, streamsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare in NC
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite (upper bracteal leaves opposite as well)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Pale lavender-blue
Bilaterally symmetrical
4 sepals
4-lobed rotate corolla
2 well exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in axillary racemes
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p410
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p158
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