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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Veronica arvensis
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Corn Speedwell at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veronica arvensis
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Veronica arvensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Veronica arvensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-20-003:
Veronica arvensis FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Veronica arvensis
COMMON NAME:
Corn Speedwell, Wall Speedwell
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vear_001_lvd
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_337
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JK Marlow jkm220315_6111
March Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220315_6112
March Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
Leaves palmately veined, upper sessile or subsessile, lower petiolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm220412_6730
April Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
Flowers are solitary in the upper leaf axils, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Roxanna Martin rlm4911_47
April Spartanburg County SC
Its bright blue flowers are nearly sessile and less than 1/8" wide, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Roxanna Martin rlm4911_57
April Spartanburg County SC
Stem and leaves are hairy, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).
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Roxanna Martin rlm4911_59
April Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190518_8495
May Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Veronica arvensis
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veronica arvensis
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Veronica arvensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Veronica arvensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-20-003:
Veronica arvensis
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Veronica arvensis
1611
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
Common
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite (bracts gradually smaller, upper bracteal lvs often alternate)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Blue
4 sepals
4-lobed rotate corolla
2 well exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers solitary in bract axils
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p096
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p410
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p335
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p159
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p187
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