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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Veronica anagallis-aquatica
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Water Speedwell at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veronica anagallis-aquatica
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Veronica anagallis-aquatica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Veronica anagallis-aquatica
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-20-008:
Veronica anagallis-aquatica FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
COMMON NAME:
Water Speedwell, Brook Pimpernel
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_vean2_006_lvd
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April Pima County AZ
Leaves clasping. Racemes with 20-65 flowers, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Veronica anagallis-aquatica
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veronica anagallis-aquatica
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Veronica anagallis-aquatica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Veronica anagallis-aquatica
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-20-008:
Veronica anagallis-aquatica
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
3350
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: bogs, marshes, streamsides, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina? or possibly introduced
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)
Plants mostly glabrous
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
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