Veronica anagallis-aquatica L.
Detail
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Botanical Name
- Veronica anagallis-aquatica L.
- Common Name
- Water Speedwell, Brook Pimpernel
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Veronica anagallis-aquatica L.
- Comments
- Some sources treat this species as an introduction. According to Weakley (2012), however, it is circumboreal and native in North America to well south of Virginia, with some introduced European material probably also occurring. Given the species' occurrence in many natural wetlands of our area, its nativity seems plausible.
- Habitat
- Bogs, seeps, seepage swamps, low meadows, ditches, scoured streamsides, sand or gravel bars, freshwater tidal marshes, and impoundment marshes. Frequent in the mountains; infrequent in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain.
- Native Status
- Not Specified
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