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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Veronica americana
|accepted_authority=Schweinitz ex Bentham in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Prodr.
|place=10: 468. 1846
|year=1846
}}
|common_names=American brooklime;véronique d'Amérique
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Veronica beccabunga var. americana
|authority=Rafinesque
}}
|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Veronica;Veronica americana
|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 americana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 306
|treatment_page=page 313
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials.</b> Stems decumbent or ascending, 5–50 cm, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 2–6(–10) mm; blade ovate to lanceolate, widest proximal to middle, (5–)30–50(–100) × (3–)7–20(–30) mm, 2–4 times as long as wide, base truncate, rounded or almost cordate, abruptly turning into petioles, margins entire or serrate, apex obtuse-orbicular or acute, surfaces glabrous. <b>Racemes</b> 1–8, axillary, 30–100 mm, (3–)10–30-flowered, axis glabrous; bracts lanceolate, 3–6 mm. <b>Pedicels</b> patent, 3–10(–12) mm, equal to ± longer than subtending bract, glabrous. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes 2–5(–6) mm, apex acute, glabrous; corolla pink or sky blue, 4–10 mm diam.; stamens 2–4 mm; style (1.7–)2.5–3.5(–4) mm. <b>Capsules</b> slightly compressed in cross section, globular, 2–4 × 3–5 mm, apex not or ± emarginate, glabrous. <b>Seeds</b> 20–30, brownish, ellipsoid to ovoid, indistinct-compressed or planoconvex, 0.5–0.7 × 0.3–0.6 mm, thickness varies due to compression in capsule, indistinctly wrinkled or ± rugose. <b>2n</b> = 36.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Aug.
|habitat=Slowly flowing waters, banks, sand bars, gravel flood plains, moist soils, springs, ditches, swamps, marshes.
|elevation=0–3600 m.
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.W.T.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Mexico;Asia (Japan;Russia).
|discussion=<p>Although difficult to separate, <i>Veronica beccabunga</i> and <i>V. americana</i> are maintained as species here. Evidence suggesting separate species status is different ploidy level (the tetraploid level is rare in <i>V. beccabunga</i>) and the occurrence of <i>V. americana</i> in more natural habitats.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Veronica americana
|author=
|authority=Schweinitz ex Bentham in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Veronica beccabunga var. americana
|basionyms=
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Aug.
|habitat=Slowly flowing waters, banks, sand bars, gravel flood plains, moist soils, springs, ditches, swamps, marshes.
|elevation=0–3600 m.
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.W.T.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Mexico;Asia (Japan;Russia).
|reference=None
|publication title=Prodr.
|publication year=1846
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_756.xml
|genus=Veronica
|species=Veronica americana
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