Author | L. | |
Distribution | Mountains and Piedmont; rare in the northern Coastal Plain. First collected in 1887 by E. Memminger in Henderson County.
Native of Eurasia; in N.A. throughout the U.S. and southern Canada, except TX and LA. | |
Abundance | Infrequent to frequent in the Mountains and Piedmont; very rare in the northern Coastal Plain. | |
Habitat | Fields, fallow fields, roadsides, railroad, campus weed, campground, trailside, waste ground, pondshore. | |
Phenology | Flowering and fruiting April-August. | |
Identification | Thymeleaf Speedwell is a perennial with creeping stems that arch up towards the flowering tips, with the stems only reaching 4-8 inches long. The leaves are rather ovate and narrowed toward the base, generally entire and without teeth or lobes like most other Veronica species. There is a single terminal leafy raceme with 10-30 white flowers that have bluish lines on the petals, giving the flowers a light blue tinge at a distance. | |
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State Rank | SE | |
Global Rank | G5 | |
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USACE-agcp | FAC link |
USACE-emp | FAC link |