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Birdeye Speedwell, Persian Speedwell (Veronica persica) Weedy lawn on the Duke University Campus, Durham Co., NC 22 Mar 2009 This non-native species is common in lawns and other disturbed areas statewide of North Carolina. The solitary flowers are axillary and have long pedicels. | |
Birdeye Speedwell, Persian Speedwell (Veronica persica) Weedy lawn on the Duke University Campus, Durham Co., NC 22 Mar 2009 Flowers are bright blue with darker blue lines and average about 9mm wide. | |
Birdeye Speedwell, Persian Speedwell (Veronica persica) Weedy lawn on the Duke University Campus, Durham Co., NC 22 Mar 2009 Sepals are cuneate at base. | |
Birdeye Speedwell, Persian Speedwell (Veronica persica) Weedy lawn on the Duke University Campus, Durham Co., NC 22 Mar 2009 The fruit capsules have a mix of straight, gland-tipped hairs and smaller, curved non-glandular hairs. | |
Birdeye Speedwell, Persian Speedwell (Veronica persica) Weedy lawn on the Duke University Campus, Durham Co., NC 22 Mar 2009 Most leaves have more than 7 teeth. | |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.
Created on ... Aug 6, 2006 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com