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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Veronica hederifolia
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
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Read more about Ivyleaf Speedwell at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veronica hederifolia
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Veronica hederifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Veronica hederifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-20-004:
Veronica hederaefolia FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Veronica hederaefolia
COMMON NAME:
Ivyleaf Speedwell
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vehe2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120227_077c
February Greenville County SC
Leaves are hairy, mostly 3-lobed, and wider than long (to 0.8" wide), per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm120227_077e
February Greenville County SC
Flowers are solitary in the upper leaf axils, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm120227_080b
February Greenville County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm22611_16
February Spartanburg County SC
Flowers appear axillary and have 4 distinct sepals. Plant pubescent to pilose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm110316_002
March Greenville County SC
Conspicuous long hairs provide a bristly appearance, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
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Roxanna Martin rlm3110_040
March Spartanburg County SC
Leaves are widely ovate, 3-5 lobed, with the center lobe being widest, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_veronica_hederifolia
March
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JK Marlow jkm150407_180
April Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Erect or decumbent annual, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_v_hederifolia_ivylfsp
October
Leaf margins conspicuously ciliate; leaves have a slightly succulent texture, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Veronica hederifolia
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veronica hederifolia
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Veronica hederifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Veronica hederifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-20-004:
Veronica hederaefolia
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Veronica hederaefolia
1612
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Lawns, fields, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont) (rare in GA Mountains) (rare in Coastal Plain)
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This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite (bracts gradually smaller, upper bracteal lvs often alternate)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Lavender-blue
4 sepals
4-lobed rotate corolla
2 well exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers solitary in upper leaf axils (or appearing so)
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p411
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p091
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p335
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p248
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p292
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p159
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