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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Veronica serpyllifolia var. serpyllifolia
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
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The white petals have bluish lines, giving the flowers a light blue tinge at a distance. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veronica serpyllifolia ssp. serpyllifolia
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Veronica serpyllifolia var. serpyllifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Veronica serpyllifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-20-001:
Veronica serpyllifolia FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Veronica serpyllifolia
COMMON NAME:
Thymeleaf Speedwell
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Roxanna Martin rlm41810_377
April Spartanburg County SC
The 3/8" oval leaves are replaced in the inflorescence by small bracts, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Roxanna Martin rlm41810_455
April Spartanburg County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Veronica serpyllifolia var. serpyllifolia
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veronica serpyllifolia ssp. serpyllifolia
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Veronica serpyllifolia var. serpyllifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Veronica serpyllifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-20-001:
Veronica serpyllifolia
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Veronica serpyllifolia
3352
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Meadows, lawns, roadsides, other disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite (bracts abruptly smaller, upper bracteal lvs often alternate)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White or pale blue
Bilaterally symmetrical
4 sepals
4-lobed rotate corolla
2 well exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in a terminal raceme
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) p081
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p091
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p158
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