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Veronica peregrina subsp. xalapensis

PURSLANE SPEEDWELL


Higher Taxonomy
Family: PlantaginaceaeView DescriptionDichotomous Key
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.
Genus: VeronicaView DescriptionDichotomous Key


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 peregrina L. subsp. xalapensis (Kunth) Pennell
NATIVE
Habit: Annual, taprooted, generally glandular-hairy. Stem: erect, generally branched, 5--30 cm. Leaf: proximal +- petioled; 5--25 mm, oblong to spoon-shaped, entire to +- serrate. Inflorescence: racemes terminal, open; bracts lanceolate, > pedicels; pedicels 0.5--2 mm. Flower: sepals 3--6 mm, +- equal, lanceolate; corolla 2--3 mm, +- white; style 0.1--0.4 mm. Fruit: 3--4 mm, obovate; notch 0.2--0.5 mm. Seed: generally many, 0.5 mm, flat, smooth. Chromosomes: 2n=52.
Ecology: Moist places; Elevation: < 3100 m. Bioregional Distribution: CA-FP, SNE, D (uncommon); Distribution Outside California: to western Canada, Mexico, South America. Flowering Time: Apr--Aug Note: Veronica peregrina subsp. peregrina (glabrous) is widespread in eastern North America, Europe.
Jepson eFlora Author: Margriet Wetherwax
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Citation for this treatment: Margriet Wetherwax 2012, Veronica peregrina subsp. xalapensis, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=53337, accessed on December 03, 2024.

Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on December 03, 2024.

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Geographic subdivisions for Veronica peregrina subsp. xalapensis:
CA-FP, SNE, D (uncommon)
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