Contains 8 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Veronica L.
SPEEDWELL
Classification
LAMIALES
Veronica
Citation
VERONICA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 9. 1753.
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TYPE: Veronica officinalis Linnaeus Lectotypified by Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 3: 199. 1913.
Distribution Map Present

This species have been reported in the counties highlighted.

Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Veronica agrestis GREEN FIELD SPEEDWELL Not Native
Veronica anagallis-aquatica WATER SPEEDWELL Not Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP)
Veronica arvensis CORN SPEEDWELL Not Native UPL (NWPL)
Veronica filiformis THREADSTALK SPEEDWELL; SLENDER SPEEDWELL Not Native
Veronica hederifolia IVYLEAF SPEEDWELL Not Native
Veronica peregrina NECKWEED Native FAC (NWPL)
Veronica persica BIRDEYE SPEEDWELL Not Native
Veronica polita GRAY FIELD SPEEDWELL Not Native
Identification Key
1.  Flowers in axillary racemes
1.  Flowers in terminal racemes or solitary in distal leaf axils
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2.  Pedicel shorter than the calyx
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2.  Pedicel at least 2 times as long as calyx
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3.  Leaf blade ovate; corolla white
3.  Leaf blade oblanceolate to linear; corolla blue
4.  Leaves palmately 3- to 5-lobed; fruit only slightly notched
4.  Leaves toothed; fruit usually distinctly notched
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5.  Mature pedicel 1.5-4 cm long; corolla 8-14 mm wide
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5.  Mature pedicel 0.6-1.5(2) cm long; corolla 4-8 mm wide
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6.  Pedicels 2-5 times as long as subtending bract; fruit absent or almost smooth, sinus angle 50–90
6.  Pedicels 1-2(3) times as long as subtending bract; fruit reticulate with prominent veins, sinus angle (80)90–120(150)
7.  Calyx lobes 2.2-2.6 mm wide; corolla white to pale pink or pale blue; fruit 2.5-4 mm long, with long glandular hairs only
7.  Calyx 2.6-3.8 mm wide; corolla dark to bright blue (rarely pale or white); fruit 4-6 mm long, with both long and short eglandular hairs
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Aidelus Aidelus Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 4(2): 11, 17. 1827. TYPE: Aidelus micranthus Sprengel
Beccabunga Beccabunga Hill, Brit. Herb. 94. 1756. TYPE: Non designatus.
Cardia Cardia Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées 387. 1867, non Reichenbach 1828. TYPE: = Veronica Linnaeus 1753, by lectotypification.
Cochlidiosperma Cochlidiosperma (Reichenbach) Reichenbach, Hand. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 198. 1837. BASIONYM: Veronica Linnaeus, subg. Cochlidiosperma Reichenbach, Fl. Germ. Excurs. 365. 1831. TYPE: Cochlidiosperma hederifolia (Linnaeus) Opiz (Veronica hederifolia Linnaeus) Lectotypified by Pouzar, Preslia 36: 338. 1964.
Cymbophyllum Cymbophyllum F. Mueller, Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 8: 202. 1856. TYPE: Non designatus.
Diplophyllum Diplophyllum Lehmann, Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. 8: 310. 1818, nom. rej. vs. Diplophyllum (Dumortier) Dumortier 1835. TYPE: Diplophyllum veroniciforme Lehmann = Oligospermum D. Y. Hong 1984.
Hebe Hebe Commerson ex Jussieu, Gen. Pl. 105. 1789. TYPE: Hebe magellanica J. F. Gmelin 1791.
Odicardis Odicardis Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 55. 1838 ("1836"). TYPE: Odicardis crista-galli (Steven) Rafinesque (Veronica crista-galli Steven)
Oligospermum Oligospermum D. Y. Hong, Opera Bot. 75: 56. 1984. TYPE: Diplophyllum veroniciforme Lehmann Substitute name for Diplophyllum Lehmann 1818 (nom. rej.), non Diplophyllum (Dumortier) Dumortier 1835 (nom. cons.).
Panoxis Panoxis Rafinesque, Med. Fl. 2: 109. 1830. TYPE: Non designatus.
Pocilla Pocilla (Dumortier) Fourreau, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, ser. 2. 17: 129. 1869. BASIONYM: Veronica Linnaeus, sect. Pocilla Dumortier, Fl. Belg. 35. 1827. TYPE: = Cochlidiosperma (Reichenbach) Reichenbach 1837, by lectotypification.
Ponaria Ponaria Rafinesque, Med. Fl. 2: 109. 1830. TYPE: Non designatus.
Pseudolysimachion Pseudolysimachion (W. D. J. Koch) Opiz, Seznam 80. 1852. BASIONYM: Veronica Linnaeus, sect. Pseudolysimachium W. D. J. Koch, Syn. Fl. Gem. Helv. 527. 1837. TYPE: Pseudolysimachion spicatum (Linnaeus) Opiz 1852. (Veronica spicata Linnaeus 1753.) Typified by Pfeiffer, Nomencl. Bot. 2: 855. 1874.
Uranostachys Uranostachys (Dumortier) Fourreau, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, ser. 2. 17: 128. 1869. BASIONYM: Veronica Linnaeus, sect. Uranostachys Dumortier, Fl. Belg. 35. 1827. TYPE: = Veronica Linnaeus 1753, by lectotypification.