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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Veronica americana
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
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, American Brooklime
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Margaret Armstrong, Field Book Of Western Wild Flowers maa_veronica_americana
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_veam2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_veam2_003_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
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
Native to North Carolina
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Rare in NC
Look for it in bogs, marshes, streamsides, 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
Pale lavender-blue
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
4 sepals
4-lobed rotate corolla
2 well exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers in axillary racemes
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!