*Veronica polita Fries. Common name: Wayside Speedwell. Phenology: Feb-Aug. Habitat: Lawns, waste areas. Distribution: Native of Eurasia. This species is introduced in c. TN (Chester, Wofford, & Kral 1997), WV, and s. PA (Rhoads & Klein 1993), FL (Pennell 1935; Kunzer et al. 2009), NC (Kartesz 1999), VA (Kartesz 1999), and AL (H. Horne, pers. comm., 2013), and w. NC (D. Mercier, pers. comm., specimen at BOON, 2008).
ID notes: Veronica polita is similar to V. agrestis and has been much confused with it.
Origin/Endemic status: Eurasia
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, Fl6, FNA17, Il, K4, Mi, Mo3, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, S, Tn, Tx, WH3, Stace (2021), Walters & Webb (1972) in Tutin et al (1972); = n/a — Tat; < Veronica agrestis L. — G, GrPl, RAB, Va; ? Veronica didyma Ten. — Pennell (1935), misapplied; < Veronica polita Fr. — WV; Veronica polita Fr. — (basionym)
Links to other floras: = Veronica polita - FNA17
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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