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Plantaginaceae
Veronica

not marked as a favorite taxon *Veronica polita Fries. Common name: Wayside Speedwell. Phenology: Feb-Aug. Habitat: Lawns, waste areas. Distribution: Native of Eurasia. This species is introduced in c. Tennessee (Chester, Wofford, & Kral 1997), West Virginia, and s. Pennsylvania (Rhoads & Klein 1993), Florida (Pennell 1935; Kunzer et al. 2009), North Carolina (Kartesz 1999), Virginia (Kartesz 1999), and Alabama (H. Horne, pers. comm., 2013), and w. North Carolina (D. Mercier, pers. comm., specimen at BOON, 2008).

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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, K1, 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 Fries — WV. Basionym: Veronica polita Fries 1819

Links to other floras: = Veronica polita - FNA17

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Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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image #1 of Veronica polita© Aidan Campos source | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Veronica polita© Aidan Campos source | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Veronica polita© Aidan Campos source | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Veronica polita© Paul Marcum source | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Veronica polita© Paul Marcum source | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Veronica polita© Sonnia Hill | Original Image ⭷

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