Veronicastrum SCROPHULARIACEAE Veronica 



Veronicastrum Fabr. {Leptandra Nutt.) 



V. virginicum (L.) Farwell. ( Veronica virginica L.) Culver's 

 Root. 

 Frequent in dry woodlands and open ground of the Piedmont 

 province; occasional south of the Fall Line: Vandyke (NC), Van 

 Pelt, 20 Sept. 1907 (A). July, Aug. 



Veronica L. Speedwell. 



V. americana (Raf.) Schw. American Brooklime. 



Rare; meadows and springheads in the Brandy wine valley: 

 meadow, Wilmington, William Tatnall, 6 June 1888 (D) ; Granogue, 

 Tatnall & Commons, 27 May 1896 (D, A). June to early Aug. 



V. officinalis L. Common Speedwell. 



Common in dry woods and open ground of the Piedmont prov- 

 ince; becoming scarce southward on the Coastal Plain: woods 2J^ 

 mi. n. e. of Cecilton (Ce), R. R. Tatnall, 4841, 21 May 1941 (T, A); 

 near Chestertown (QA), Vanatta, 30 May 1910 (A); woods 6 mi. 

 e. n. e. of Easton (Ta), Earle, 2451, 11 May 1940 (P). Mid-May to 

 mid-July. 



V. serpyllifolia L. Thyme-leaved Speedwell. 



Infrequent in fields, meadows and woods of the Piedmont; oc- 

 casional on the Coastal Plain: 1 mi. s. s. w. of Longwoods (Ta), 

 Earle, 3539, 10 May 1942 (P). May, June. Nat. from Europe. 



V. peregrina L. Purslane Speedwell. 



Frequent in the Piedmont area, in wet soil, often as a weed in 

 cultivated ground ; less common on the Coastal Plain, southward to 

 Talbot (Earle) and Wicomico (Shreve) Counties. May, June. 



V. arvensis L. Corn Speedwell. 



A frequent weed in rocky woods, cultivated soil and sandy open 

 ground, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain at least as far south as Talbot 

 and Sussex Counties. May. Nat. from Europe. 



V. persica Poir. ( V. Tournefortii Gmel.) 



Infrequent in cultivated and waste ground about Wilmington; 

 occasional in sandy soil southward: field 2 mi. s. of Princess Anne 

 (So), R. R. Tatnall, 1146, 31 May 1931 (T); 5 mi. s. e. of Milford 

 (S), R. R. Tatnall, 3685, 16 May 1938 (T, P); 2 mi. n. e. of Trappe 

 (Ta), Earle, 3228, 17 May 1941 (P). May. Adv. from Europe. 



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