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Veronica scutellata
grass-leaf speedwell, marsh speedwell, skullcap speedwell
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Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains, northern Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and eastern North America; Eurasia

Habitat: Wet places and open water, from the lowlands to middle elevations in the mountains.

Flowers: May-September

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bees, flies

Description:
General:

Usually glabrous perennial from shallow, creeping rhizomes, the stem erect to ascending, 1-4 dm. long.

Leaves:

Leaves all opposite, sessile, linear to lanceolate, 2-8 cm. long and 2-15 mm. wide, usually entire.

Flowers:

Inflorescence of open racemes on long peduncles arising from the leaf axils, each raceme 5-20 flowered, the flowers on filiform pedicels 6-17 mm. long; sepals 4; corolla bluish, 6-10 mm. wide, rotate, 4-lobed, the upper lobe the largest; style 2-4 mm. long; stamens 2.

Fruits:

Capsule flattened, 2.5-4 mm. high, noticeably wider than high, broadly notched.

Accepted Name:
Veronica scutellata L.
Publication: Sp. Pl. 1: 12. 1753.

Synonyms & Misapplications:
(none provided)
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Veronica scutellata in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.

WA Flora Checklist: Veronica scutellata checklist entry.

OregonFlora: Veronica scutellata information.

E-Flora BC: Veronica scutellata atlas page.

CalPhotos: Veronica scutellata photos.

USDA Plants: Veronica scutellata information.

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