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
Kenneth J. Sytsma
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Botanical Illustration
Paul Skawinski
Merel R. Black
Merel R. Black
