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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Veronica triphyllos
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 14. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Fingered speedwell
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Veronica;Veronica triphyllos
|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 triphyllos]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 305, 307
|treatment_page=page 315
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Annuals,</b> sometimes biennials. <b>Stems</b> erect or ascending, often blue tinged, (3–)5–15(–20) cm, densely hairy. <b>Leaves</b>: blade: proximal ovate to triangular, 5–7 × 3–6 mm, distal 8–18 × 8–18 mm, base rounded, margins (proximal) coarsely crenate or (distal) 3–5(–7)-palmatifid, apex obtuse, surfaces sparsely hairy, often glandular. <b>Racemes</b> 1, terminal, sometimes also 1 or 2 axillary, 30–120(–150) mm, 6–15(–25)-flowered, axis densely eglandular- and glandular-hairy; proximal bracts 5-palmatifid, distal 3-fid, 4–18 mm. <b>Pedicels</b> patent or arcuate-ascending, 4–11(–20) mm, ± equal to subtending bract, length 1–2 times calyx, densely hairy. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes 4–6(–11) mm, apex obtuse, glandular-hairy; corolla deep blue, 5–10 mm diam.; stamens 0.9–1.7 mm; style (0.5–)0.7–1.5(–2) mm. <b>Capsules</b> ± inflated basally, compressed distally in cross section, obcordiform, 4–5(–10) × 4.5–6.5(–8) mm, apex emarginate, glandular-hairy. <b>Seeds</b> 14–22(–35), dark brown or blackish, subglobular, cymbiform, 1–2.2 × 0.7–2 mm, 0.4–0.9 mm thick, ± rugulose to cristate. <b>2n</b> = 14 (Eurasia).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (Feb–)Mar–May(–Jul).
|habitat=Pine forests, stony pastures, rocky banks, sandy fields, gardens, roadsides, rarely calcareous soils.
|elevation=100–1000 m.
|distribution=Calif.;Idaho;Kans.;Mo.;Okla.;Oreg.;Wash.;Eurasia.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Veronica triphyllos
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering (Feb–)Mar–May(–Jul).
|habitat=Pine forests, stony pastures, rocky banks, sandy fields, gardens, roadsides, rarely calcareous soils.
|elevation=100–1000 m.
|distribution=Calif.;Idaho;Kans.;Mo.;Okla.;Oreg.;Wash.;Eurasia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced
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|genus=Veronica
|species=Veronica triphyllos
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