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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 type

Perennial herb

Size

2 - 10 in Tall

Form

Mounding

Growth rate

Fast

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Color

Blue, Purple

Flowering season

Summer

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Soil description

Prefers loamy or clay soils. Grows poorly in sandy soils.

Propagation

For propagating by seed: No treatment. ( Emery and Frey 1971).

Site type

Disturbed places

Plant communities

Freshwater Marsh, Wetland-Riparian

Hummingbirds
Bees
Butterflies

Pollinators supported

0 confirmed and 69 likely

  • Likely

  • Confirmed

Dark Sword Grass Moth

Agrotis ipsilon

Golden-haired Miner Bee

Andrena auricoma

Bearded Miner Bee

Andrena barbilabris

Yellow-legged Miner Bee

Andrena cressonii

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Chestnuts

Castanea