Veronica agrestis
Veronica agrestis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Plantaginaceae |
Genus: | Veronica |
Species: | V. agrestis
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Binomial name | |
Veronica agrestis |
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Veronica agrestis, the green field-speedwell [2] is a species of flowering plant in the Plantaginaceae (Plantain) family. It is native to Europe, western Asia and North Africa, and has been introduced to eastern North America, India and some other countries.
Description
[edit]A sprawling, predominantly white to light blue flowered annual speedwell, sometimes lilac, with fresh green leaves. The flowers are small (3-6 mm diam), and generally the lower part is white or pale with the uppermost part showing any conspicuous colour. The flower stalks are shortish (not clearly longer than the leaves), which mature to form a fruit capsule whose two lobes are parallel, clothed with long hairs or none, but lacking short hairs. The lower leaves are somewhat elongated in appearance, as the upper leaves are. [3] [4]
Photographic examples can be seen on iNaturalist.
Similar species include Veronica polita (with dull green leaves, the lower leaves not elongated, its fruit with short as well as long hairs), Veronica persica (with flower stalks often much longer than the leaves, and the lobes of the fruit diverging like a 'V').
Distribution and Habitat
[edit]Native to Europe, western Asia and North Africa, and introduced further afield - Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Russia, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kriti, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Netherlands, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Ukraine and Yugoslavia, and introduced to Alabama, Assam, Bangladesh, Bermuda, District of Columbia, Falkland Is., Florida, Great Britain, Haiti, Illinois, India, Ireland, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, New York, Newfoundland, Northern Provinces, Nova Scotia, Pennsylvania, Québec, Réunion, St.Helena, Texas, Tristan da Cunha, Turkmenistan and Vermont. [1]
Its habitat in Europe is cultivated ground, somewhat a calcifuge. [4]
Its habitat in the United States is light, non-calcareous, moist soils, gravelly soils, (0)300–800 m. [5]
Further reading
[edit]- Veronica agrestis L., Green Field-speedwell (Fermanagh Species Accounts, Ireland)
- Harris, G. R.; Lovell, P. H. (December 1980). "Localized Spread of Veronica filiformis, Veronica agrestis, and Veronica persica". Journal of Applied Ecology. 17 (3): 815–826. doi:10.2307/2402658. JSTOR 2402658.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Plants of the World Online (with map)
- ^ "iNaturalist".
- ^ Peter Sell & Gina Murrell. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 3, p. 472.
- ^ a b Tutin. Flora Europaea, vol. 3, p. 249.
- ^ Flora of North America
- Flora of Europe
- Veronica (plant)
- Plants described in 1753
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Flora of Alabama
- Flora of Albania
- Flora of Algeria
- Flora of Assam
- Flora of Austria
- Flora of the Azores
- Flora of Bangladesh
- Flora of Belarus
- Flora of Belgium
- Flora of Bermuda
- Flora of Bulgaria
- Flora of Central European Russia
- Flora of Corsica
- Flora of Crete
- Flora of Czechoslovakia
- Flora of Denmark
- Flora of Washington, D.C.
- Flora of East European Russia
- Flora of Finland
- Flora of Florida
- Flora of France
- Flora of Germany
- Flora of Great Britain
- Flora of Greece
- Flora of Haiti
- Flora of Hungary
- Flora of Illinois
- Flora of India
- Flora of Ireland
- Flora of Italy
- Flora of Kentucky
- Flora of Libya
- Flora of Louisiana
- Flora of Madeira
- Flora of Maryland
- Flora of Massachusetts
- Flora of Mauritius
- Flora of Morocco
- Flora of the Netherlands
- Flora of New York (state)
- Flora of Newfoundland
- Flora of the Northern Provinces
- Flora of Northwest European Russia
- Flora of Norway
- Flora of Nova Scotia
- Flora of Palestine (region)
- Flora of Pennsylvania
- Flora of Poland
- Flora of Portugal
- Flora of Quebec
- Flora of Romania
- Flora of Réunion
- Flora of Sardinia
- Flora of Sicily
- Flora of South European Russia
- Flora of Spain
- Flora of Saint Helena
- Flora of Sweden
- Flora of Switzerland
- Flora of Texas
- Flora of Tristan da Cunha
- Flora of Tunisia
- Flora of Turkmenistan
- Flora of Ukraine
- Flora of Vermont
- Flora of Yugoslavia
- Flora of the Baltic states
- Flora of the Canary Islands
- Flora of the Falkland Islands
- Plantaginaceae stubs