Veronica serpyllifolia — Details

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Overview

Distribution

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Veronica serpyllifolia var. humifusa (Dicks.) Vahl:
Canada (North America)
Venezuela (South America)
United States (North America)
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  • Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. 2008. Nuev. Cat. Fl. Vas. Venezuela 1–860. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1033110 External link.
  • Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. Cal. Fl. 1–1681. University of California Press, Berkeley.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1717 External link.
  • Cronquist, A. J., A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Reveal & P. K. Holmgren. 1984. Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. 4: 1–573. In A. J. Cronquist, A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Reveal & P. K. Holmgren (eds.) Intermount. Fl. Hafner Pub. Co., New York.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1695 External link.
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Veronica serpyllifolia var. serpyllifolia :
Venezuela (South America)
United States (North America)
Canada (North America)
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Veronica serpyllifolia L.:
Argentina (South America)
Canada (North America)
Chile (South America)
Colombia (South America)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
Ecuador (South America)
Greenland (North America)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Peru (South America)
United States (North America)
Venezuela (South America)
South Africa (Africa & Madagascar)
China (Asia)
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Veronica tenella All.:
Canada (North America)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
United States (North America)
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Veronica humifusa Dicks.:
United States (North America)
Peru (South America)
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National Distribution

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Canada

Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

United States

Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

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National Distribution

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Canada

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

United States

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

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National Distribution

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Canada

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

United States

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

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Physical Description

Morphology

Description

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Perennials. Rhizomes long, slender. Stems cespitose, creeping, erect from middle, 10-30 cm tall, often branched, villous with multicellular hairs, apically often with multicellular glandular hairs. Leaves sometimes alternate apically on stem, sessile, lower ones sometimes short petiolate; leaf blade ovate-orbicular to ovate-oblong, 0.8-2.5 X 0.7-1.5 cm, margin shallowly incised or rarely entire, veins 3-5 or pinnately veined. Racemes terminal, sometimes also axillary, 10-40-flowered, to 20 cm in fruit, with multicellular glandular hairs; lower bracts similar to leaves in shape. Pedicel 2-4 mm in flower, 4-6 mm in fruit. Calyx 4-lobed. Corolla color variable from almost white with blue lines to solid blue, purple, or purplish red, subrotate, ca. 4 mm. Capsule subreniform, strongly compressed, 2.5-3 X 4-5 mm, base rounded to subtruncate, margin glandular ciliate, apex obtuse and notched. Style ca. 2.5 mm. Seeds flattened, slightly convex on both sides. Fl. Apr-Jun. 2n = 14.
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Diagnostic Description

Synonym

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Veronica humifusa Dickson; V. serpyllifolia subsp. humifusa (Dickson) Syme; V. serpyllifolia var. humifusa (Dickson) Vahl.
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Ecology

Habitat

Habitat & Distribution

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Mountain meadows; 400-3700 m. Gansu, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Xizang, Yunnan [widely distributed in north temperate zones and subtropical alpine mountains].
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Associations

Flower-Visiting Insects of Thyme-Leaved Speedwell in Illinois

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Veronica serpyllifolia (Thyme-Leaved Speedwell) introduced
(this observation is from Graenicher; insect activity is unspecified; information is limited)

Flies
Syrphidae: Paragus tibialis (Gr)
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Associations

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In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / parasite
embedded sorus of Entyloma veronicae parasitises live leaf of Veronica serpyllifolia

Foodplant / parasite
sporangium of Peronospora grisea parasitises live Veronica serpyllifolia
Remarks: season: 4-6
Other: minor host/prey

Foodplant / parasite
sporangium of Peronospora verna parasitises live Veronica serpyllifolia

Foodplant / parasite
Sphaerotheca fuliginea parasitises live Veronica serpyllifolia

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Molecular Biology and Genetics

Molecular Biology

Statistics of barcoding coverage: Veronica serpyllifolia

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 4
Species: 6
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Conservation

Conservation Status

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Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable

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NatureServe Conservation Status

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Rounded Global Status Rank: TNR - Not Yet Ranked

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National NatureServe Conservation Status

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Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: N4 - Apparently Secure

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure

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Rounded Global Status Rank: T5 - Secure

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Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: N4 - Apparently Secure

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Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure

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Veronica serpyllifolia

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Veronica serpyllifolia (thymeleaf or thyme-leaved speedwell) is a perennial flowering plant in the plantain family. It can be found on most continents.

Description

The leaves are oval, borne on creeping stems. Roots grow from leaf axils.

The flowers are blue, or white with blue or purple stripes, in racemes on upright stems.

The seeds are tiny and disk-shaped, borne in two-lobed pods.

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