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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veronica hederifolia   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

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

Veronica hederifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Veronica hederifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-20-004:

Veronica hederaefolia   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

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

Veronica hederaefolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Ivyleaf Speedwell


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image of Veronica hederifolia, Ivyleaf Speedwell

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vehe2_001_lvd

        

image of Veronica hederifolia, Ivyleaf Speedwell

JK Marlow    jkm120227_077c

February    Greenville County    SC

Leaves are hairy, mostly 3-lobed, and wider than long (to 0.8" wide), per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Veronica hederifolia, Ivyleaf Speedwell

JK Marlow    jkm120227_077e

February    Greenville County    SC

Flowers are solitary in the upper leaf axils, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Veronica hederifolia, Ivyleaf Speedwell

JK Marlow    jkm120227_080b

February    Greenville County    SC

image of Veronica hederifolia, Ivyleaf Speedwell

Roxanna Martin    rlm22611_16

February    Spartanburg County    SC

Flowers appear axillary and have 4 distinct sepals. Plant pubescent to pilose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Veronica hederifolia, Ivyleaf Speedwell

JK Marlow    jkm110316_002

March    Greenville County    SC

Conspicuous long hairs provide a bristly appearance, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.

image of Veronica hederifolia, Ivyleaf Speedwell

Roxanna Martin    rlm3110_040

March    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaves are widely ovate, 3-5 lobed, with the center lobe being widest, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Veronica hederifolia, Ivyleaf Speedwell

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_veronica_hederifolia

March        

image of Veronica hederifolia, Ivyleaf Speedwell

JK Marlow    jkm150407_180

April    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Erect or decumbent annual, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Veronica hederifolia, Ivyleaf Speedwell

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_v_hederifolia_ivylfsp

October        

Leaf margins conspicuously ciliate; leaves have a slightly succulent texture, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Veronica hederifolia   FAMILY Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veronica hederifolia   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Veronica hederifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-20-004:
Veronica hederaefolia   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Veronica hederaefolia

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1612

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Lawns, fields, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont) (rare in GA Mountains) (rare in Coastal Plain)

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite (bracts gradually smaller, upper bracteal lvs often alternate)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Lavender-blue
4 sepals
4-lobed rotate corolla
2 well exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers solitary in upper leaf axils (or appearing so)

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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