Veronica anagallis-aquatica

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Family:	PLANTAGINACEAE
Species:	Veronica anagallis-aquatica L.
Common Name:	Blue Water Speedwell
Habitat:	**
Associated Ecological Communities:	**
Growth Habit:	Herb
Duration:	Perennial
Category:	Vascular
USDA Symbol:	VEAN2
Plant Notes:	**
Taxonomic Notes:	**
Status:	Not Native, OBL (NWI)
References:	**

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

Family	PLANTAGINACEAE - Plantain family
Genus	Veronica
Species	Veronica anagallis-aquatica L. - Blue Water Speedwell

Citation

Citation	Veronica anagallis-aquatica Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 12. 1753.
Basionym:	**
Type:	Without data (lectotype: LINN 26.35). Lectotypified by Pennell, Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia Monogr. 1: 362. 1935.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation	Basionym	Type
Cardia amplexicaulis	Cardia amplexicaulis Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyrenees 390. 1867, nom. illegit.	Veronica anagallis-aquatica Linnaeus 1753.
Veronica ambigua	Veronica ambigua Luce, Topogr. Nachr. Oesel. 4. 1823, non Martius 1814.
Veronica anagallis	Veronica anagallis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 849. 1759, nom. illegit.	Veronica anagallis-aquatica Linnaeus 1753.
Veronica anagallis var. anagalliformis	Veronica anagallis Linnaeus, var. anagalliformis Boreau, Fl. Centre France, ed. 3. 2: 489. 1857.		FRANCE
Veronica anagallis var. glandulifera	Veronica anagallis Linnaeus, var. glandulifera Celakovsky, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 27: 165. 1877.
Veronica anagallis var. latifolia	Veronica anagallis Linnaeus, var. latifolia Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 12: 49. 1885, non Schultz 1819.		NEW JERSEY: Bergen Co.: Mahwah, Sep 1883, Torrey s.n. (lectotype: NY). Lectotypified by Pennell, Torreya 19: 168. 1919.
Veronica anagallis var. latifolia	Veronica anagallis Linnaeus, var. latifolia Schultz, Prodr. Fl. Starg., Suppl. 3. 1819.		GERMANY
Veronica anagallis var. lepida	Veronica anagallis Linnaeus, var. lepida (Philippi) Grandj, Verh. Deutsch. Wiss. Verein Santiago de Chile, ser. 2. 3: 64. 1936.	Veronica lepida Philippi 1895.
Veronica anagallis-aquatica var. terrea	Veronica anagallis-aquatica Linnaeus, var. terrea Farwell, Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 26(1): 19. 1941.		MICHIGAN: Wayne Co.: Northville, 22 Jun, 13 Jul 1932, Farwell 9105 (lectotype: MICH). Lectotypified by McVaugh et al., Cranbrook Inst. Sci. Bull. 34: 81. 1953.
Veronica anagallis-aquatica subsp. undulata	Veronica anagallis-aquatica Linnaeus, subsp. undulata (Wallich) Elenevsky, Bjull Moskovsk. Obsc. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol. 82: 153. 1977.	Veronica undulata Wallich 1820.
Veronica anagallis-aquatica var. brittonii	Veronica anagallis-aquatica Linnaeus, var. brittonii (Porter) Pennell, Rhodora 23: 36. 1921.	Veronica brittonii Porter 1919.
Veronica anagallis-aquatica var. glandulosa	Veronica anagallis-aquatica Linnaeus, var. glandulosa Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 492. 1866.
Veronica anagallis-aquatica var. glandulosa	Veronica anagallis-aquatica Linnaeus, var. glandulosa Farwell, Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 19: 249. 1917, non Schur 1866.		MICHIGAN: Oakland Co.: Zoo Park near Royal Oak, 13 Jul 1916, Farwell 4323 (holotype: BLH; isotype: MICH).
Veronica anagallis-aquatica var. latifolia	Veronica anagallis-aquatica Linnaeus, var. latifolia Farwell, Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 2: 40. 1923.	Veronica anagallis Linnaeus, var. latifolia Britton 1885, non Schultz 1819.
Veronica aquatica	Veronica aquatica Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 306. 1821, nom. illegit.	Veronica anagallis-aquatica Linnaeus 1753.
Veronica aquatica var. glandulifera	Veronica aquatica Bernhardi, var. glandulifera (Celakovsky) Beck, Fl. Nieder-Oesterreich 1051. 1893.	Veronica anagallis Linnaeus, var. glandulifera Celakovsky 1877.
Veronica brittonii	Veronica brittonii Porter, in Pennell, Torreya 19: 168. 1919.		NEW JERSEY: Warren Co.: Marble Hill above Phillipsburg, 24 Jun 1892, Porter s.n. (holotype: NY).
Veronica catenata	Veronica catenata Pennell, Rhodora 23: 37. 1921.		SOUTH DAKOTA: Fall River Co.: Hot Springs, 16 Jun 1892, Rydberg 926 (holotype: NY).
Veronica catenata subsp. pseudocatenata	Veronica catenata Pennell, subsp. pseudocatenata Chrtek & Osbornova-Kosinova, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 16: 430. 1981.
Veronica catenata var. glandulosa	Veronica catenata Pennell, var. glandulosa Pennell, Rhodora 23: 37. 1921.	Veronica anagallis-aquatica Linnaeus, var. glandulosa Farwell 1917, non Schur 1866.
Veronica comosa var. glaberrima	Veronica comosa Richter, var. glaberrima (Pennell) B. Boivin, Naturaliste Canad. 79: 174. 1952.	Veronica connata Rafinesque, subsp. glaberrima Pennell 1935; Veronica catenata Pennell 1921.
Veronica comosa var. glandulosa	Veronica comosa Richter, var. glandulosa (Pennell) B. Boivin, Naturaliste Canad. 79: 174. 1952.	Veronica catenata Pennell, var. glandulosa Pennell 1921; Veronica anagallis-aquatica Linnaeus, var. glandulosa Farwell 1917, non Schur 1866.
Veronica connata subsp. glaberrima	Veronica connata Rafinesque, subsp. glaberrima Pennell, Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia Monogr. 1: 368. 1935.	Veronica catenata Pennell 1921.
Veronica connata var. glaberrima	Veronica connata Rafinesque, var. glaberrima (Pennell) Fassett, Rhodora 41: 525. 1939.	Veronica connata Rafinesque, subsp. glaberrima Pennell 1935; Veronica catenata Pennell 1921.
Veronica espadanae	Veronica espadanae Pau, Not. Bot. Fl. Espan. 1: 13. 1887.		SPAIN
Veronica indica	Veronica indica Roxburgh ex A. Dietrich, Sp. Pl. 1: 522. 1831.
Veronica kovacsii	Veronica kovacsii Borbás, Magyar Orv. Termesz. Vandorgyuel. Toert. Vazl. Munk. 2 3: 227. 1887.
Veronica lepida	Veronica lepida Philippi, Anales Univ. Chile 91: 110. 1895.		CHILE
Veronica lysimachioides	Veronica lysimachioides Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2. 3: 165. 1856.
Veronica maresii	Veronica maresii Sennen, Bol. Soc. Iber. Ci. Not. 29: 86. 1930.		SPAIN
Veronica micromera	Veronica micromera Wooton & Standley, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 174. 1913.		NEW MEXICO: San Juan Co.: Shiprock, 25 Jul 1911, Standley 7283 (holotype: US).
Veronica miniana	Veronica miniana Merino, Algunas Pl. Rar. La Guardia 24. 1895; Contr. Fl. Galicia 116. 1897.		SPAIN
Veronica montioides	Veronica montioides Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 1. 1(7): 43. 1846.
Veronica osiliensis	Veronica osiliensis Luce, Topogr. Nachr. Oesel. 4. 1823.
Veronica oxycarpa	Veronica oxycarpa Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 1. 1(7): 44. 1846.
Veronica palustris	Veronica palustris Salisbury, Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 92. 1796, nom. illegit.	Veronica anagallis-aquatica Linnaeus 1753.
Veronica perfoliata	Veronica perfoliata Rafinesque, New Fl. 4: 37. 1838 ("1836").		FLORIDA
Veronica punctata	Veronica punctata Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 93. 1825.		NEPAL
Veronica pusilla	Veronica pusilla Bentham, in de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 468. 1846.
Veronica reyesana	Veronica reyesana Pau & Merino ex Merino, Fl. Galicia 2: 113. 1906.		SPAIN
Veronica tenerrima	Veronica tenerrima Schrader, in J. C. Mayer, Samml. Phys. Aufsaetze Boehm. Naturgesch. 1: 198. 1791.
Veronica undulata	Veronica undulata Wallich, in Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. 1: 147. 1820.		INDIA
Veronica Xlackschwitzii	Veronica Xlackschwitzii J. Keller, Bot. Koezlim. 39: 154. 1942.
Veronica comosa
Veronica glandifera	Veronica glandifera Pennell, Torreya 19: 170. 1919.		VIRGINIA: Nansemond Co.: Vicinity of Suffolk, 27 May 1893, Britton & Small s.n. (holotype: NY).

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Calhoun, Cherokee, DeKalb, Etowah, Franklin, Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison, Marshall

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, UNAF, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No.	County	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
UWAL0047078	Limestone	09 May 2008	Webb, David H. 6762	UWAL Veronica anagallis-aquatica L.
JSU140350	Madison	10 May 1973	Whetstone, R. David 1243	JSU Veronica anagallis-aquatica Linnaeus
TROY000031545	DeKalb	07 Mar 1984	Chitwood, John C. s.n.	TROY Veronica anagallis-aquatica Linnaeus
JSU141910	Cherokee	05 Jul 1992	Ballard, J. Mark s.n.	JSU Veronica anagallis-aquatica Linnaeus
UWAL0006044	Lauderdale	10 Oct 1978	Kral, Robert 62849	UWAL Veronica anagallis-aquatica Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_38432	DeKalb	7 Mar 1984	Chitwood, John C.	AUA Veronica Anagallis-Aquatica L.
JSU141913	Etowah	14 Jun 1976	Atkinson, Tim A. 1680	JSU Veronica anagallis-aquatica Linnaeus
JSU141914	Limestone	10 May 1997	Hofmann, Tim L. 00438	JSU Veronica anagallis-aquatica Linnaeus
UWAL0049740	Limestone	09 May 2008	Webb, David H. 6762	UWAL Veronica anagallis-aquatica L.
JSU141915	Madison	10 May 1973	Whetstone, R. David RDW-1243	JSU Veronica anagallis-aquatica Linnaeus
ALNHS00005659	Franklin	10 Apr 2018	Barger, T. Wayne SP#3670	ALNHS Veronica anagallis-aquatica L.
UNAF0001784	Limestone	10 May 2011	Webb, David H. 7657	UNAF Veronica anagallis-aquatica Linnaeus
JSU141912	Etowah	10 Aug 1974	Atkinson, Tim A. 567	JSU Veronica anagallis-aquatica Linnaeus
TROY000049200	Franklin	14 Apr 2013	England, J. Kevin 4179	TROY Veronica anagallis-aquatica Linnaeus
TROY000023947	Calhoun	20 Apr 2005	Spaulding, Daniel D. 12253	TROY Veronica anagallis-aquatica Linnaeus
JSU141917	Marshall	25 Jun 1993	Ballard, J. Mark 2668	JSU Veronica anagallis-aquatica Linnaeus
UWAL0017333	Franklin	14 Apr 2013	England, J. Kevin 4179	UWAL Veronica anagallis-aquatica Linnaeus
JSU141911	Etowah	18 Jul 1969	Clonts, Jerry A. s.n.	JSU Veronica anagallis-aquatica Linnaeus
UNA00073729	Franklin	14 Apr 2013	England, J. Kevin 4179	UNA Veronica anagallis-aquatica L.
JSU141916	Madison	10 May 1973	Whetstone, R. David RDW-1243	JSU Veronica anagallis-aquatica Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_66312	Calhoun	20 Apr 2005	Spaulding, Daniel D. 12253	AUA Veronica Anagallis-Aquatica L.
UNA00073768	Franklin	14 Apr 2013	England, J. Kevin 4179	UNA Veronica anagallis-aquatica L.
UNAF0001781	Limestone	09 May 2008	Webb, David H. 6762	UNAF Veronica anagallis-aquatica Linnaeus
UNA00065800	Calhoun	20 Apr 2005	Spaulding, Daniel D. 12253	UNA Veronica anagallis-aquatica L.

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Data last modified: 11/9/2024

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Keener, B.R., A.R. Diamond, T.W. Barger, L.J. Davenport, P.G. Davison, S.L. Ginzbarg, C.J. Hansen, D.D. Spaulding, J.K. Triplett, and M. Woods. 2024. Alabama Plant Atlas. [S.M. Landry and K.N. Campbell (original application development), Florida Center for Community Design and Research. University of South Florida]. University of West Alabama, Livingston, Alabama.

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