Veronica americana Schwein. ex Benth.
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Veronica americana Schwein. ex Benth. in de Candolle, Prodr. 10
468 (1846)
Veronica americana Schwein. ex Benth.
Biostatus
Nomenclature
Benth.
Schwein. ex Benth.
1846
468
ICN
Veronica americana Schwein. ex Benth.
species
Veronica americana
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Vernacular names
Descriptions
Veronica americana Schwein. ex Benth.
Glabrous perennial; stems decumbent, lax, ascending to c. 30 cm tall, rooting at lower nodes. Petioles 5-7 mm long. Lamina 3-9 × 1-3 cm, usually ovate- or lanceolate-oblong, serrate; base broad-cuneate to subcordate, often obscuring petiole; apex obtuse to subacute. Racemes axillary, opposite, towards shoot apices, many-flowered; peduncles to c. 20 cm long; pedicels usually 5-10 mm long, slender. Bracts linear, < pedicels at flowering, elongating somewhat after. Calyx 2.5-4 mm long; lobes lanceolate to oblong, obtuse or subobtuse. Corolla 8-11 mm diam., deep blue with white eye; veins purplish. Capsule c. 4 mm diam., orbicular, glabrous. Seeds ± ellipsoid, convex on 1 side, flat on the other.
Taxonomic concepts
Veronica americana Schwein. ex Benth.
Veronica americana Schwein. ex Benth.
Veronica americana Schwein. ex Benth.
Veronica americana Schwein. ex Benth.
Veronica americana Schwein. ex Benth.
Veronica americana Schwein. ex Benth.
Veronica americana Schwein. ex Benth.
Veronica americana Benth.
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Etymology
The epithet means “of America”; V. americana is indigenous to North America.
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11 June 2015
26 August 2022