Common Name: PLANTAIN FAMILY Habit: Annual to shrub, some aquatic. Leaf: basal or cauline, alternate or opposite (whorled), simple, entire to dentate or lobed, venation generally pinnate; stipules 0. Inflorescence: raceme, spike, or flowers axillary in 1--few-flowered clusters; flowers few to many, each subtended by 1 bract. Flower: unisexual or bisexual, radial or bilateral; sepals 4--5, generally fused at base; corolla 4--5-lobed, scarious or not, persistent or not, generally 2-lipped, upper lip generally 2-lobed, lower generally 3-lobed, spur present or not, tube sac-like at base or not; stamens 2 or 4, alternate corolla lobes, epipetalous, staminode 0 or 1--2, anthers opening by 2 slits; ovary superior, [1]2--4-chambered, style 1, stigma lobes 0 or 2. Fruit: generally a capsule, septicidal, loculicidal, circumscissile, or dehiscing by terminal slits or pores. Genera In Family: +- 110 genera, +- 2000 species: worldwide, especially temperate. Note: Veronicaceae sensu Olmstead et al. Recently treated to include Callitrichaceae, Hippuridaceae, and most non-parasitic California genera of Scrophulariaceae (except Buddleja, Diplacus, Erythranthe, Limosella, Lindernia, Mimetanthe, Mimulus, Myoporum, Scrophularia, Verbascum). California Maurandya moved to Holmgrenanthe and Maurandella. Mohavea moved to Antirrhinum. Limnophila ×ludoviciana Thieret an occasional agricultural weed in rice fields. Hebe ×franciscana (Eastw.) Souster, Hebe speciosa (R. Cunn.) Andersen only cultivated. eFlora Treatment Author: Margriet Wetherwax, except as noted Scientific Editor: Robert W. Patterson, Bruce G. Baldwin.
Common Name: SPEEDWELL, BROOKLIME Habit: Annual, perennial herb. Stem: erect or prostrate. Leaf: cauline, opposite, sessile to short-petioled. Inflorescence: raceme, terminal or axillary, or flowers 1 in axils; bracts small, alternate. Flower: sepals generally 4(5), +- free, generally unequal; corolla +- radial, +- rotate, generally 4-lobed, tube << lobes, upper lobe wide (perhaps formed by fusion of upper pair), blue or violet to white; stamens 2, exserted; stigma unlobed. Fruit: flattened perpendicular to septum, generally obcordate, loculicidal and septicidal. Etymology: (Named for Saint Veronica) Note:Veronica beccabunga L., Veronica chamaedrys L. not in California; Veronica filiformis Sm., Veronica hederifolia L. occasionally as lawn weeds. Veronica biloba L., native to eastern Europe, Asia, a waif in southern Sierra Nevada Foothills, Modoc Plateau, differs from Veronica persica in ways including shorter styles (< 1 mm). eFlora Treatment Author: Margriet Wetherwax Unabridged Reference: Albach et al. 2005 Amer J Bot 92:297--315; Olmstead et al. 2001 Amer J Bot 88:348--361
Veronica persica Poir.
NATURALIZED Habit: Annual, taprooted, hairy. Stem: prostrate, simple or branched, 5--60 cm. Leaf: short-petioled; 5--25 mm, ovate, truncate, crenate to serrate, tip acute to obtuse. Inflorescence: racemes terminal, open; pedicels 15--30 mm, recurved in fruit. Flower: sepals 4--7 mm, lanceolate to ovate; corolla 8--12 mm, blue, purple-lined, center white; style 2--3 mm. Fruit: much wider than long; lobes spreading; notch 0.7--1.2 mm. Seed: 5--11 per chamber, +- 2 mm, concave, outer surface rough. Chromosomes: 2n=28. Ecology: Wet, disturbed areas, fields; Elevation: < 1100 m. Bioregional Distribution: CA-FP, DSon (uncommon); Distribution Outside California: North America; native to Asia Minor. Flowering Time: Feb--May Jepson eFlora Author: Margriet Wetherwax Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Veronica peregrina subsp. xalapensis Next taxon: Veronica scutellata
Citation for this treatment: Margriet Wetherwax 2012, Veronica persica, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=47976, accessed on September 10, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on September 10, 2024.
Geographic subdivisions for Veronica persica:
CA-FP, DSon (uncommon)
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