| Veronica verna | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Plantaginaceae |
| Genus: | Veronica |
| Species: | V. verna |
| Binomial name | |
| Veronica verna L. [1] | |
Veronica verna is a species of flowering plant in the Plantaginaceae (Plantain) family known as spring speedwell. It is native to Europe, south-western Asia and Morocco, but introduced to some parts of the United States.
A small (5-15 cm), bright blue flowered annual speedwell, with small, deeply-lobed middle stem leaves (to 12 x 7 mm), the lobes tracing to the leaf axis, the lowest leaves are not deeply lobed, whilst the upper flower leaves are narrow and undivided (although being under a 5-part calyx they may look divided); on fruiting the inflorescence extends as it matures, with fruit capsules 3 x 4 mm on short stalks (1-3 mm), and short styles (0.5 mm). Sometimes the deeply-lobed leaves are not conspicuous and the whole appearance resembles Veronica arvensis unless examined closely. [2]
Photographic examples can be seen on iNaturalist.
Similar plants include Veronica dillenii (with longer styles (1.5 mm), greater height (20 cm) and more robust, and larger seeds (1.25 x 1 mm vs. 1 x 0.75 mm)), Veronica arvensis (which lacks the deep leaf lobing, just having incisions) and Veronica triphyllos (whose leaf lobes trace to the base rather than the axis, and with longer fruiting stalks (4-15 mm)). [3]
Native to Europe, south-western Asia and introduced to the US, a distribution slightly more northward than Veronica triphyllos - native to Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corsica, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Crimea, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Xinjiang and Yugoslavia, and introduced to British Columbia, Idaho, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Brunswick, New York, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Oregon, Prince Edward Island, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. [1]
Its habitat in Europe is cultivated fields and other dry places. [3]
Its habitat in Turkey is open Pinus and Quercus forests, rocky and sandy steppe, pastures and meadows, a calcifuge (?), 1000-2100 m. [4]
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Veronica persica is a flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae. Common names include birdeye speedwell, common field-speedwell, Persian speedwell, large field speedwell, bird's-eye, or winter speedwell. It is native to Eurasia and is widespread as an introduced species in the British Isles, North America, eastern Asia, including Japan and China, and Australia and New Zealand.
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Veronica triphyllos is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family known by the common name finger speedwell, or fingered speedwell. It is native to Europe, western Asia and NW Africa, but introduced to some parts of the United States.
Veronica perfoliata, commonly known as digger's speedwell, is a common perennial herb found at higher altitudes in south-eastern Australia. It is a low-growing multi-stemmed plant rising from a woody rootstock. It has rounded blue-grey foliage and sprays of intense violet-blue flowers at the end of arching branches. It is occasionally cultivated as a garden plant.
Veronica catenata, the pink water speedwell, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae. It is native to Canada, the United States, Europe, the Azores, and northern Africa. As its common name implies, it prefers growing in or near marshes, rivers, lakes and ponds.
Veronica cymbalaria, the pale speedwell, glandular speedwell or cymbal speedwell is a species of flowering plant in the Plantaginaceae (Plantain) family. It is native to countries surrounding the Mediterranean and a little further afield, and has been introduced to parts of the Americas and New Zealand.
Veronica praecox, the breckland speedwell, is a small flower in the family Plantaginaceae native to Europe, North-West Africa and regions adjoining the Black Sea.
Veronica crista-galli, the crested field-speedwell, is an annual flower in the family Plantaginaceae native from Iran north to the North Caucasus.
Veronica acinifolia, the French speedwell, is an annual flower in the family Plantaginaceae present within a band from Portugal to Britain on the west stretching eastwards far into Asia, with some gaps.
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