OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Veronica peregrina var. peregrina   FAMILY Plantaginaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Veronica peregrina var. peregrina, Purslane Speedwell, Neckweed, Necklace-weed

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_341

        

image of Veronica peregrina var. peregrina, Purslane Speedwell, Neckweed, Necklace-weed

Keith Bradley    kab_v_peregrina_72834

March    Miami-Dade County    FL

image of Veronica peregrina var. peregrina, Purslane Speedwell, Neckweed, Necklace-weed

Roxanna Martin    rlm41911_21

April    Spartanburg County    SC

Erect and somewhat succulent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Veronica peregrina var. peregrina, Purslane Speedwell, Neckweed, Necklace-weed

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).

image of Veronica peregrina var. peregrina, Purslane Speedwell, Neckweed, Necklace-weed

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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

 

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