Veronica officinalis

ClassificationDicots
FamilyPlantaginaceae
Family (Traditional)Scrophulariaceae
GenusVeronica
Species:Veronica officinalis L.
Common NameSpeedwell; Gypsyweed
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GM; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LCW; Natural Area Presence: LULA; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: PK; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: Europe; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Blue; Carpel Number/Pistil: 2; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 12; Ovules per Carpel: 13+; Petal Number: 4; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 1
C value N/A
StatusNot Native; AGCP (FACU), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
Specimen(s) View and Download Specimen Details »

** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

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.

Counties included on distribution map: Bell (KY), Breathitt (KY), Breckinridge (KY), Bullitt (KY), Campbell (KY), Carter (KY), Clinton (KY), Cumberland (KY), Estill (KY), Garrard (KY), Greenup (KY), Hardin (KY), Harlan (KY), Jackson (KY), Jefferson (KY), Johnson (KY), Larue (KY), Laurel (KY), Lawrence (KY), Lee (KY), Leslie (KY), Letcher (KY), Lewis (KY), Lincoln (KY), Madison (KY), Montgomery (KY), Oldham (KY), Pike (KY), Powell (KY), Pulaski (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Rowan (KY), Wolfe (KY), Campbell (TN), Carter (TN), Claiborne (TN), Cocke (TN), Cumberland (TN), Franklin (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamblen (TN), Hancock (TN), Hawkins (TN), Jefferson (TN), Johnson (TN), Knox (TN), Marion (TN), Meigs (TN), Monroe (TN), Morgan (TN), Overton (TN), Pickett (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Roane (TN), Rutherford (TN), Scott (TN), Sevier (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN), Union (TN), Van Buren (TN), Washington (TN), White (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1940 - 2013

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100681582 Lincoln Kentucky 25 Jun 1981 Richard H. Hannan
7413
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681442 Garrard Kentucky 25 Jun 1984 Donna A. Godbey
660
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681590 Lincoln Kentucky 30 Sep 2003 Timothy J. Weckman
8289
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681467 Harlan Kentucky 04 Jun 2005 Amy V. McIntosh Others: Ron Jones, John McIntosh
989
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681350 Breathitt Kentucky 09 Aug 1963 E.T. Browne Jr.
7983.5
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681426 Garrard Kentucky 26 May 1983 Donna A. Godbey
142
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681632 Montgomery Kentucky 28 May 1984 Julian Campbell
278
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681434 Garrard Kentucky 13 May 2011 W. W. Overbeck
1223
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681392 Carter Kentucky 11 May 1998 Ronald L. Jones
8485
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681509 Larue Kentucky 23 May 1993 Landon E. McKinney
5474
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681558 Letcher Kentucky 20 May 1978 Jeffrey D. Sole
94
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681483 Jackson Kentucky 04 May 1986 Joe Abner
191
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681376 Bullitt Kentucky 13 May 1981 Richard H. Hannan
6411
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681657 Pulaski Kentucky 13 May 1996 Rudy A. Gelis
388
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681335 Bell Kentucky 27 May 1985 Ralph L. Thompson
85-1018
EKY
Veronica officinalis
BEREA018361 Jackson Kentucky
BEREA
Veronica officinalis
BEREA018359 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Veronica officinalis
BEREA018370 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Veronica officinalis
BEREA018368 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Veronica officinalis
BEREA018366 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Veronica officinalis
BEREA018375 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Veronica officinalis
BEREA018373 Pulaski Kentucky
BEREA
Veronica officinalis
BEREA018372 Pulaski Kentucky
BEREA
Veronica officinalis
BEREA018367 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Veronica officinalis
BEREA018365 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Veronica officinalis
BEREA018376 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Veronica officinalis
BEREA018363 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Veronica officinalis
BEREA018369 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Veronica officinalis
BEREA018360 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Veronica officinalis
BEREA018364 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Veronica officinalis
BEREA018371 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Veronica officinalis
BEREA018362 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Veronica officinalis
BEREA018374 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Veronica officinalis
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 27 Mar 2010 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Veronica officinalis
ETSU005036 Johnson Tennessee 03 Jun 2013 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Veronica officinalis
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 11 Jun 2010 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Veronica officinalis
N/A Carter Tennessee Frosty Levy
ETSU
Veronica officinalis
N/A Carter Tennessee 05 May 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Veronica officinalis
ETSU007493 Unicoi Tennessee 15 May 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Veronica officinalis
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 08 Oct 2009 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Veronica officinalis
ETSU007492 Unicoi Tennessee 09 Jun 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Veronica officinalis
31973000019414 Lewis Kentucky
KNK
Veronica officinalis
31973000019412 Rowan Kentucky
KNK
Veronica officinalis
31973000019413 Lewis Kentucky
KNK
Veronica officinalis
31234100681673 Rockcastle Kentucky 10 Aug 1996 T. J. Weckman, Judith Weckman, Colin Weckman
3275
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681319 Bell Kentucky 14 Sep 1966 Ellwood J. Carr
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681665 Rockcastle Kentucky 14 Jun 1989 Neal Denton
406
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100853108 Powell Kentucky 01 Aug 1988 R.C. Clark
21759
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681699 Wolfe Kentucky 23 May 1964 Sam Denham
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681368 Breathitt Kentucky 09 Aug 1963 E. T. Browne, Jr.
7983.5
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681681 Rockcastle Kentucky 17 May 1987 Ralph L. Thompson
87-416
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681400 Clinton Kentucky 05 Jul 2000 Mark A. Gorton
00-431
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681640 Powell Kentucky 11 Aug 2000 Timothy J. Weckman
6049
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681608 Madison Kentucky 29 May 1993 D. Collinsworth
8
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681343 Breathitt Kentucky 18 May 1963 Edward T. Browne Jr.
7095
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681384 Carter Kentucky 23 May 1965 Elizabeth M. Browne
10223
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681533 Lee Kentucky 28 May 1993 Timothy J. Weckman
342
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31973000019416 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Veronica officinalis
31973000019415 Greenup Kentucky
KNK
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196518 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196516 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196521 Pickett Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196506 Hamblen Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196531 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196517 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196511 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196528 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196751 Estill Kentucky
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196507 Hancock Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196535 White Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196492 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196494 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
31234100681491 Johnson Kentucky 20 May 1964 J. L. Gentry Jr.
1295
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681624 Pike Kentucky 21 May 1964 Elizabeth M. Browne
8455
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681327 Bell Kentucky 22 Sep 1978 Richard H. Hannan
968
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681459 Hardin Kentucky 08 May 1977 Ray Cranfill
146
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681517 Laurel Kentucky 09 May 1970 James Johnson
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681525 Lawrence Kentucky 10 May 2003 Romie Hughart
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681418 Estill Kentucky 26 May 1987 Richard G. Guetig
100
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681616 Madison Kentucky 17 Jun 1987 Ralph L. Thompson
87-778
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681574 Letcher Kentucky 10 Aug 1978 Jeffrey D. Sole
451
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681566 Letcher Kentucky 12 May 1979 Jeffrey D. Sole
762
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100681541 Leslie Kentucky 23 May 1979 Richard H. Hannan
1912
EKY
Veronica officinalis
31234100709599 Bell Kentucky 00 October 1964 Ellwood J. Carr
EKY
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196493 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196529 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196490 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196512 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196488 Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196513 Meigs Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196510 Jefferson Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196514 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196525 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196749 Bell Kentucky
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196509 Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196532 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196534 Washington Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196523 Putnam Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196526 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196504 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
APSC0001970 Jefferson Tennessee 26 May 1940 J M Shaver
8515
APSC
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196530 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196763 Madison Kentucky
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196503 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196748 Cumberland Kentucky
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196508 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196489 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196520 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
APSC0071170 Montgomery Kentucky
APSC
Veronica officinalis
APSC0001965 Carter Tennessee 19 Jul 1964 K Rogers, W Chester
301
APSC
Veronica officinalis
HTTU018829 Wilson Tennessee
HTTU
Veronica officinalis
HTTU025824 Cumberland Tennessee
HTTU
Veronica officinalis
UOS04885 Franklin Tennessee 12 May 1962 M.H. Moisio
UOS
Veronica officinalis
BRIT149053 Tennessee
VDB
Veronica officinalis
BRIT149060 Tennessee
VDB
Veronica officinalis
BRIT149056 Tennessee
VDB
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196515 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196497 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196762 Carter Kentucky
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196496 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196501 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
APSC0111828 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Veronica officinalis
APSC0001971 Carter Tennessee 03 Oct 1960 R E Shanks, E Clebsch, F Norris
28033
APSC
Veronica officinalis
APSC0111824 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Veronica officinalis
N/A Carter Tennessee Frosty Levy
ETSU
Veronica officinalis
HTTU018830 Wilson Tennessee
HTTU
Veronica officinalis
BRIT149059 Tennessee
VDB
Veronica officinalis
BRIT149050 Tennessee
VDB
Veronica officinalis
BRIT149055 Tennessee
VDB
Veronica officinalis
ETSU016958 Unicoi Tennessee
ETSU
Veronica officinalis
MEM004020 Sevier Tennessee 28 Oct 1967 Raymond Athey
s.n.
MEM
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0210285 Tennessee A. Gattinger
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196499 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196500 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196764 Rowan Kentucky
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196750 Carter Kentucky
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196498 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
APSC0111825 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Veronica officinalis
APSC0050841 Larue Kentucky
APSC
Veronica officinalis
APSC0111826 Pike Kentucky
APSC
Veronica officinalis
HTTU018828 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Veronica officinalis
BRIT149061 Tennessee
VDB
Veronica officinalis
"ETSU030581\\" Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Veronica officinalis
ETSU030582 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Veronica officinalis
N/A Tennessee July 1895 A. Ruth
UCHT
Veronica officinalis
N/A Tennessee July 1895 A. Ruth
UCHT
Veronica officinalis
APSC0096227 Harlan Kentucky
APSC
Veronica officinalis
HTTU011688 Tennessee
HTTU
Veronica officinalis
HTTU033471 Marion Tennessee
HTTU
Veronica officinalis
HTTU025849 Cumberland Tennessee
HTTU
Veronica officinalis
MTSU019652 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Veronica officinalis
N/A Tennessee July 1895 A. Ruth
UCHT
Veronica officinalis
N/A Tennessee July 1895 A. Ruth
UCHT
Veronica officinalis
UOS04886 Franklin Tennessee 23 May 1959 J.R. Carter
UOS
Veronica officinalis
ETSU024978 Carter Tennessee Frosty Levy
ETSU
Veronica officinalis
31234100709557 Carter Kentucky 22 May 1965 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne, Jr., Thomas N. McCoy
10140
EKY
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196752 Pike Kentucky
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196527 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196519 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
APSC0001968 Polk Tennessee 07 Jun 1940 J M Shaver
8507
APSC
Veronica officinalis
APSC0091729 Clinton Kentucky 31 May 1995 Landon McKinney
APSC
Veronica officinalis
APSC0001967 Putnam Tennessee 26 May 1940 J M Shaver
8516
APSC
Veronica officinalis
APSC0001969 Monroe Tennessee 07 Jun 1940 J M Shaver
8506
APSC
Veronica officinalis
HTTU025847 Cumberland Tennessee
HTTU
Veronica officinalis
HTTU025825 Cumberland Tennessee
HTTU
Veronica officinalis
BRIT149054 Tennessee
VDB
Veronica officinalis
BEREA025520 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Veronica officinalis
BEREA025302 Garrard Kentucky
BEREA
Veronica officinalis
MTSU019663 Van Buren Tennessee
MTSU
Veronica officinalis
N/A Tennessee July 1898 A. Ruth
579
UCHT
Veronica officinalis
UCHT026283 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Veronica officinalis
N/A Knox Tennessee June 1893 A. Ruth
UCHT
Veronica officinalis
ETSU025287 Washington Tennessee 17 Jun 2012 Adam McCullough
ETSU
Veronica officinalis
BRIT149057 Tennessee
VDB
Veronica officinalis
ETSU030580 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Veronica officinalis
N/A Tennessee July 1898 A. Ruth
579
UCHT
Veronica officinalis
N/A Tennessee July 1895 A. Ruth
UCHT
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196522 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196524 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
APSC0096205 Breckinridge Kentucky
APSC
Veronica officinalis
APSC0096228 Laurel Kentucky
APSC
Veronica officinalis
BRIT149058 Tennessee
VDB
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196505 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196495 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196491 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196533 Union Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
TENN-V-0196502 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Veronica officinalis
APSC0111827 Bell Kentucky
APSC
Veronica officinalis
HTTU011689 Wilson Tennessee
HTTU
Veronica officinalis
HTTU025848 Cumberland Tennessee
HTTU
Veronica officinalis
BRIT149051 Tennessee
VDB
Veronica officinalis
BRIT149052 Tennessee
VDB
Veronica officinalis
ETSU030865 Cocke Tennessee
ETSU
Veronica officinalis
ETSU031129 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Veronica officinalis
ETSU008634 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Veronica officinalis
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