NameThatPlant.net: Veronica americana

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

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about American Speedwell at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veronica americana FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-20-009:

Veronica americana FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

COMMON NAME:
American Speedwell, Brooklime

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veronica americana FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-20-009:
Veronica americana FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

3349

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: bogs, marshes, streamsides, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare in NC

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite (upper bracteal leaves opposite as well)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Pale lavender-blue
Bilaterally symmetrical
4 sepals
4-lobed rotate corolla
2 well exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in axillary racemes

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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