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|accepted_name=Veronica beccabunga subsp. beccabunga
|accepted_authority=unknown
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|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Veronica baxteri
|authority=House
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|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Veronica;Veronica beccabunga;Veronica beccabunga subsp. beccabunga
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Plantaginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Veronica]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Veronica beccabunga]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subspecies</small>[[Veronica beccabunga subsp. beccabunga]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 312
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials.</b> Stems decumbent to ascending proximally, creeping distally, 10–60 cm, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 2–4(–8) mm; blade broadly oblong, ovate, or subelliptic, widest near or distal to middle, (10–)15–35(–65) × (6–)8–20(–33) mm, 1.5–2 times as long as wide, base rounded-truncate to cuneate, margins denticulate, subserrulate, or subentire, rarely crenulate, apex obtuse-rounded, shining, surfaces glabrous. <b>Racemes</b> 2–6(–12), axillary, 30–50 mm, (5–)10–15(–22)-flowered, axis glabrous; bracts lanceolate, 3–6 mm. <b>Pedicels</b> subpatent, arcuate-erect, or suberect, (2.5–)3–7(–10) mm, equal to subtending bract, glabrous. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes 2–2.5 mm, apex acute, glabrous; corolla deep or bright, rarely pale, blue with white center, 5–6 mm diam.; stamens 1.4–2.8 mm; style (1.3–)1.5–3(–3.5) mm. <b>Capsules</b> slightly compressed in cross section, broadly ellipsoid or globular, 2.5–4(–5.5) × 3–4(–4.5) mm, apex not or ± emarginate, glabrous. <b>Seeds</b> 38–70(–110), brown, broadly ellipsoid, flat, 0.4–0.6 × 0.3–0.5 mm, 0.2–0.3 mm thick, smooth. <b>2n</b> = 18, 36.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Sep(–Oct).
|habitat=Streams, marshes, ditches, wet meadows, running water, disturbed sites.
|elevation=0–2300 m.
|distribution=B.C.;Ont.;Que.;Calif.;Conn.;Ill.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Mo.;Nev.;N.J.;N.Y.;Ohio;Pa.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Eurasia;Africa;introduced in s South America (Argentina;Chile).
|discussion=<p>For the flora area, <i>Veronica beccabunga</i> was first recorded in 1876 (New York, D. H. Les and R. L. Stuckey 1985); it seems to have been introduced multiple times independently.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=les1985b
|text=Les, D. H. and R. L. Stuckey. 1985. The introduction and spread of Veronica beccabunga (Scrophulariaceae) in eastern North America. Rhodora 87: 503–515.
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name=Veronica beccabunga subsp. beccabunga
|author=
|authority=unknown
|rank=subspecies
|parent rank=species
|synonyms=Veronica baxteri
|basionyms=
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Sep(–Oct).
|habitat=Streams, marshes, ditches, wet meadows, running water, disturbed sites.
|elevation=0–2300 m.
|distribution=B.C.;Ont.;Que.;Calif.;Conn.;Ill.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Mo.;Nev.;N.J.;N.Y.;Ohio;Pa.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Eurasia;Africa;introduced in s South America (Argentina;Chile).
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|reference=les1985b
|publication title=
|publication year=
|special status=Introduced
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|genus=Veronica
|species=Veronica beccabunga
|subspecies=Veronica beccabunga subsp. beccabunga
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