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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Veronica officinalis
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Common Speedwell at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veronica officinalis var. officinalis
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Veronica officinalis var. tournefortii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-20-010:
Veronica officinalis
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
COMMON NAME:
Common Speedwell, Gypsyweed, Heath Speedwell
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Keith Bradley kab_v_officinalis_1083
May Henderson County NC
Pisgah National Forest
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_v_officinalis_4
May
Flowers in spikelike racemes, with extremely short pedicels, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm090607_026
June Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
A hairy, reclining mat-forming plant with thick toothed elliptic leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm090607_026c
June Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Corolla light blue, sometimes with darker lines, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm090607_031
June Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm200606_5731
June Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm200606_5733
June Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm200606_5740
June Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm200606_5744
June Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm200606_5746
June Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow s090607_04
June Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Flowers less than 1/4" across; leaves up to 2" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow s090607_06
June Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Veronica officinalis
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veronica officinalis var. officinalis
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Veronica officinalis var. tournefortii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-20-010:
Veronica officinalis
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
1614
Forb
Perennial
Native & non-native?
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in fields and forests, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite (upper bracteal leaves opposite as well)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Lilac-blue
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
4 sepals
4-lobed rotate corolla
2 well exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers in axillary spikelike racemes
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p096
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p411
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p248
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p292
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p158