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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Veronica chamaedrys ssp. chamaedrys
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
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Read more about Germander Speedwell at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veronica chamaedrys
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Veronica chamaedrys
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Veronica chamaedrys
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-20-011:
Veronica chamaedrys FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
COMMON NAME:
Germander Speedwell
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vech_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Veronica chamaedrys ssp. chamaedrys
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veronica chamaedrys
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Veronica chamaedrys
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Veronica chamaedrys
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VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-20-011:
Veronica chamaedrys
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
3348
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Roadsides, golf courses, lawns, rarely naturalized in forests, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite (upper bracteal leaves opposite as well)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
4 sepals
4-lobed rotate corolla
2 well exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers in axillary racemes
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
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