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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Veronica scutellata
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veronica scutellata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Veronica scutellata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Veronica scutellata
COMMON NAME:
Marsh Speedwell, Narrowleaf Speedwell
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vesc2_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Veronica scutellata
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veronica scutellata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Veronica scutellata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Veronica scutellata
3351
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: marshes, swamps, per Weakley's Flora
Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite (upper bracteal leaves opposite as well)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Bilaterally symmetrical
4 sepals
4-lobed rotate corolla
2 well exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in axillary racemes
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
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