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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Veronica peregrina var. peregrina
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Veronica at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veronica peregrina ssp. peregrina
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Veronica peregrina ssp. peregrina
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Veronica peregrina
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-20-002:
Veronica peregrina FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Veronica peregrina var. peregrina
COMMON NAME:
Purslane Speedwell, Neckweed, Necklace-weed
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_341
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Keith Bradley kab_v_peregrina_72834
March Miami-Dade County FL
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Roxanna Martin rlm41911_21
April Spartanburg County SC
Erect and somewhat succulent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm41911_27
April Spartanburg County SC
Pedicels ca. 1mm long or flowers subsessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm41911_32
April Spartanburg County SC
Plant 1-3dm tall, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Veronica peregrina var. peregrina
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veronica peregrina ssp. peregrina
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Veronica peregrina ssp. peregrina
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Veronica peregrina
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-20-002:
Veronica peregrina
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Veronica peregrina var. peregrina
3353
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite (bracts gradually smaller, upper bracteal lvs often alternate)
Plants glabrous
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bilaterally symmetrical
4 sepals
4-lobed rotate corolla
2 well exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers solitary in bract axils
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p080
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p335
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p159
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