Family: Plantaginaceae
water speedwell
Christopher Noll
Christopher Noll
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium (UWSP)
Etymology: Veronica: named after Saint Veronica, the woman who gave Jesus a cloth to wipe his face while on the way to Calvary, and so named because the markings on some species supposedly resemble those on her sacred handkerchief
Plants: trailing to erect biennial/perennial, 4"-10" tall forb, smooth; roots fibrous
Leaves: all opposite, usually 1 1/2-3 times as long as wide, stalkless, mostly clasping
Flowers: light blue to white, 4-parted, 1/4"-1/3" wide, mature stalks curving backward, lobes longer than the tube; inflorescence a stalked cluster (raceme) of many flowers only from the upper leaf axils; blooms June-Oct.
Fruits: swollen capsule with many seeds
Habitat: wet; shores, shallows, ditches
Conservation Status: Native
Plants: trailing to erect biennial/perennial, 4"-10" tall forb, smooth; roots fibrous
Leaves: all opposite, usually 1 1/2-3 times as long as wide, stalkless, mostly clasping
Flowers: light blue to white, 4-parted, 1/4"-1/3" wide, mature stalks curving backward, lobes longer than the tube; inflorescence a stalked cluster (raceme) of many flowers only from the upper leaf axils; blooms June-Oct.
Fruits: swollen capsule with many seeds
Habitat: wet; shores, shallows, ditches
Conservation Status: Native
Floristic Rating: Coefficient of Conservatism = 4, Wetland Indicator = OBL USDA Plants Database: Federal Distribution and detailed information including photos Dan Tenaglia's The Missouri Flora: Fabulous photographs; detailed descriptions; color and leave arrangement key. David G. Smith's "Delaware Wilflowers": Beautiful photographs; descriptions Southwest School of Botanical Medicine: Britton & Brown Illustrated Flora - 2nd Edition (1913) "An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada"
Christopher Noll
Robert Bierman
Robert Bierman
Merel R. Black
Merel R. Black
Merel R. Black
Kenneth J. Sytsma
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Botanical Illustration
Paul Skawinski
