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Key to VeronicaView taxon page for Veronica
(For a list of species in Veronica, use the above link.) Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots. 1. Racemes axillary Pertaining to or within an axil, especially a leaf axil. ; herbage generally glabrous; perennial Completing life cycle (germination through death) in more than two years or growing seasons, generally non-woody (at least above ground) to woody; includes perennial herbs as well as subshrubs to trees; the abbreviation 'per' only refers to perennial herb, not to the word 'perennial' alone. herb 2' Leaves sessile Without a petiole, peduncle, pedicel, or other kind of stalk. (proximal rarely short-petioled) 3. Racemes alternate 1. Arranged singly, often spirally, along an axis - e.g., one leaf per node. 2. Occurring in different ranks, appearing to be between, not directly above or below, as 'stamens alternate petals'. ; leaf Organ arising from a stem, generally composed of a stalk (petiole) and a flat, expanded, green, photosynthetic area (blade); distinguished from a leaflet by the presence in its axil of a bud, branch, thorn, or flower; sometimes with lateral, basal appendages (stipules); either simple (toothed, lobed, or dissected but not divided into leaflets) or compound (divided into leaflets). lance-linear, length generally >> 5 × width; fruit deeply notched ..... V. scutellata 3' Racemes opposite 1. Arranged in pairs along an axis - e.g., two leaves per node. 2. Occurring in the same rank, directly above or below, as 'stamens opposite petals'. 3. Located directly across from. ; leaf elliptic In the shape of a flattened circle or ellipse; wider than linear or lanceolate Narrowly elongate, widest in the basal half, often tapered to an acute tip. to ovate Egg-shaped (i.e., widest below the middle) in two dimensions (i.e., in one plane), as a leaf. , length < 5 × width; fruit entire Having margins that are continuous and smooth (i.e., without teeth, lobes, etc.). or slightly notched 4' Leaves lanceolate, length 3–5 × width; corolla 3–5 mm, pink; fruit notched 0.1–0.3 mm ..... V. catenata 1' Racemes mostly terminal, or flowers 1 in axils; herbage generally hairy; annual or perennial herb 5. Perennial herb, rhizomed 6. Style 6–9 mm, > fruit; corolla 8–13 mm 6' Style 0.8–3 mm, generally < fruit; corolla 6–10 mm 8' Style 0.8–1.3 mm; fruit > calyx, longer than wide; stem erect Upright; vertically oriented. nearly from base ..... V. wormskjoldii 5' Annual, fibrous-rooted or taprooted 9. Pedicel 0.5–2 mm, < calyx; seeds generally many per chamber, flat, smooth 10. Leaf triangular to ovate, crenate Pertaining to margins with shallow, rounded teeth, between which are usually acute sinuses (i.e., scalloped) to serrate Having margins with sharp, fine to coarse teeth generally pointing tipward, not outward; margins with such teeth on such primary teeth are doubly serrate. ; sepals unequal (outer pair larger); corolla blue to violet ..... V. arvensis 9' Pedicel 4–30 mm, generally > calyx; seeds 5–12 per chamber, concave, outer surface rough 11. Pedicel 15–30 mm; leaf crenate to serrate; style 2–3 mm; fruit lobes 1. A major expansion or bulge, such as on the margin of a leaf, sepal, or petal, or on the surface of an ovary. 2. The free tips of otherwise fused structures, such as sepals or petals; larger than teeth. spreading Oriented more or less perpendicularly to the axis of attachment; often, more or less horizontal. ..... V. persica 11' Pedicel 4–15 mm; leaf palmately 3–9 lobed; style 1.2–1.6 mm; fruit lobes ± parallel (or fruit ± round) ..... [V. triphyllos]
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