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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Veronica peregrina var. peregrina FAMILY Plantaginaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Veronica at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veronica peregrina ssp. peregrina FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Veronica peregrina ssp. peregrina

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Veronica peregrina

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-20-002:

Veronica peregrina FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Veronica peregrina var. peregrina

COMMON NAME:
Purslane Speedwell, Neckweed, Necklace-weed

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image of Veronica peregrina var. peregrina, Purslane Speedwell, Neckweed, Necklace-weed

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_341

Keith Bradley kab_v_peregrina_72834

March Miami-Dade County FL

Roxanna Martin rlm41911_21

April Spartanburg County SC

Erect and somewhat succulent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

Roxanna Martin rlm41911_27

April Spartanburg County SC

Pedicels ca. 1mm long or flowers subsessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

Roxanna Martin rlm41911_32

April Spartanburg County SC

Plant 1-3dm tall, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Veronica peregrina var. peregrina FAMILY Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veronica peregrina ssp. peregrina FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Veronica peregrina ssp. peregrina

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Veronica peregrina

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-20-002:
Veronica peregrina FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Veronica peregrina var. peregrina

3353

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite (bracts gradually smaller, upper bracteal lvs often alternate)
Plants glabrous

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bilaterally symmetrical
4 sepals
4-lobed rotate corolla
2 well exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers solitary in bract axils

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

"Common names should be written in lower case unless part of the name is proper and then the first letter of only the proper term is capitalized. For example, sugar maple would be written with lower case letters while Japanese maple would be written with the capital J. This is the accepted method for writing common names in scientific circles and should be familiar to the student. In this text, and many others, common names are written with capital first letters. This was done to set the name off from the rest of the sentence and make it more evident to the reader. Actually in modern horticultural writings the capitalized common name predominates." — Michael Dirr, Manual of Woody Landscape Plants

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