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|accepted_name=Veronica chamaedrys
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 13. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Germander speedwell;véronique petit-chêne
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Veronica;Veronica chamaedrys
|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 chamaedrys]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 305, 306
|treatment_page=page 318
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials.</b> Stems ascending, rarely erect, (7–)10–30(–50) cm, densely eglandular-hairy, hairs along stem in 2 prominent lines. <b>Leaves</b>: blade narrowly ovate to ovate-orbiculate, (10–)12–30(–42) × (6–)10–22(–30) mm, 1–2 times as long as wide, base truncate to ± cordate, margins crenate to deeply incised, apex obtuse, surfaces variably hairy. <b>Racemes</b> 1–4, axillary, 40–100(–200) mm, 15–40(–60)-flowered, axis eglandular-hairy, sometimes also glandular-hairy; bracts linear-elliptic, 3–7 mm. <b>Pedicels</b> suberect, (3–)5–8(–10) mm, equal to or shorter than subtending bract, eglandular- and glandular-hairy. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx 4-lobed, lobes 2–8 mm, apex acute, eglandular- and, sometimes, glandular-hairy; corolla blue obscure darker nerves and sometimes whitish margin, (6–)10–14(–17) mm diam.; stamens 4.5–6.5 mm; style (2.5–)4–5 mm. <b>Capsules</b> strongly compressed in cross section, obcordiform to obdeltoid, (2–)3.5–4(–5) × (3.5–)4–5(–5.5) mm, apex ± emarginate, eglandular-hairy. <b>Seeds</b> (2–)12–20(–28), yellow, ellipsoid, flat, 1.1–1.7 × 0.6–1.5 mm, 0.2–0.4 mm thick, smooth to subrugose. <b>2n</b> = 16, 32 (Eurasia).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun(–Oct).
|habitat=Rich soils, deciduous forests, forest edges, roadsides, chaparral, scrub, meadows, lawns.
|elevation=0–2200 m.
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Alaska;Conn.;D.C.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Mo.;Mont.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Eurasia;introduced in South America (Argentina).
|discussion=<p>The description provided here for <i>Veronica chamaedrys</i> is solely for the tetraploid cytotype, most probably the exclusive cytotype in the flora area and in central and western Europe. The diploid cytotype is so far only known from eastern and southeastern Europe (K. E. Bardy et al. 2010). A significant change in morphology can occur in shaded habitats, in which especially the petiole can be elongated beyond the range given.</p><!--
--><p>It is unclear whether <i>Veronica chamaedrys</i> is introduced throughout the flora area; it may be native in northeastern areas of North America.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Veronica chamaedrys
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun(–Oct).
|habitat=Rich soils, deciduous forests, forest edges, roadsides, chaparral, scrub, meadows, lawns.
|elevation=0–2200 m.
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Alaska;Conn.;D.C.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Mo.;Mont.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Eurasia;introduced in South America (Argentina).
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_769.xml
|genus=Veronica
|species=Veronica chamaedrys
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