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Brooklime
( Veronica americana )
Veronica americana
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About Brooklime (Veronica americana)
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Veronica americana
, variously called American brookline or American speedwell, is a plant native to temperate and arctic Asia and North America where it grows in streams and bottomlands. It is a herbaceous perennial with smooth stems 10-100 centimeter long that bear terminal or axillary racemes or spikes of soft violet flowers. The leaves are 1.5-8 centimeter long and 3 to 20 times as long as wide, short-petiolate, smooth, serrate to almost entire.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Perennial herb
Size
1.9 - 9.6 in tall
Form
Mounding
Growth Rate
Fast
Flower Color
Blue, Purple
Flowering Season
Summer
Wildlife Supported
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 1
confirmed
, 4
likely
* )
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Common Buckeye
Junonia coenia
Junonia coenia
*
Variable Checkerspot
Euphydryas chalcedona
Euphydryas chalcedona
*
Verbena Bud Moth
Endothenia hebesana
Endothenia hebesana
*
Strawberry Crown Moth
Synanthedon bibionipennis
Synanthedon bibionipennis
*
Orange Tortrix Moth
Argyrotaenia franciscana
Argyrotaenia franciscana
Landscaping Information
Sun
Full Sun
Nurseries
Carried by 1
Soil Description
Prefers loamy or clay soils. Grows poorly in sandy soils.
Propagation
?
For propagating by seed: No treatment. ( Emery and Frey 1971).
Natural Setting
Site Type
Disturbed places
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 4.8" - 151.6", Summer Precipitation: 0.19" - 5.67", Coldest Month: 22.9" - 59.0", Hottest Month: 46.3" - 87.6", Humidity: 0.01" - 38.42", Elevation: 9" - 10598"
Alternative Names
Common Names
: American Speedwell
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Veronica americana
Sources include:
Wikipedia
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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