An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . 202 SCROPHULARIACEAE. Vol. 7. Veronica serpyllifolia L. Thyme-leavedSpeedwell. Fig. 3802. Veronica serpyllifolia L. Sp. PI. 12. 1753. Perennial, puberulent or glabrous; stems slender,decumbent, branched, the branches ascending orerect, 2-io high. Leaves all opposite and petioled,or the uppermost sessile, oblong, oval, or ovate, \-¥long, crenulate or entire; flowers in sh
An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . 202 SCROPHULARIACEAE. Vol. 7. Veronica serpyllifolia L. Thyme-leavedSpeedwell. Fig. 3802. Veronica serpyllifolia L. Sp. PI. 12. 1753. Perennial, puberulent or glabrous; stems slender,decumbent, branched, the branches ascending orerect, 2-io high. Leaves all opposite and petioled,or the uppermost sessile, oblong, oval, or ovate, \-¥long, crenulate or entire; flowers in short narrowracemes at the end of the stem and branches; pedi-cels equalling or longer than the calyx, usually shorterthan the bractlets; corolla blue with darker stripes,sometimes white, 2-4 broad; capsule broader thanhigh, broadly obcordate or emarginate at the summit,about i long, about equalling the calyx; seeds flat,numerous. In fields and thickets, Labrador to Alaska, south toGeorgia, New Mexico and California. Also in Europe,Asia and South America. Ascends to 2600 ft. in theCatskills. Pauls-betony. April-Aug. Veronica humifiisa Dickson, differing in larger flow-ers and more pubescent inflorescence, is apparently anorthern race of this spec
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