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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Veronica polita
|accepted_authority=Fries
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Novit. Fl. Svec.,
|place=63. 1819
|year=1819
}}
|common_names=Gray speedwell
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Veronica;Veronica polita
|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 polita]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 307, 316, 320
|treatment_page=page 319
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Annuals.</b> Stems creeping to decumbent, 5–20(–40) cm, eglandular-hairy. <b>Leaves</b>: blade suborbiculate to ovate, rarely oblong-ovate, (3–)6–11(–14) × (3–)4–9(–10) mm, base truncate, margins serrate to dentate, teeth 2–4 per side, apices usually rounded, apex acute to obtuse, abaxial surface densely hairy, adaxial sparsely hairy to glabrate. <b>Racemes</b> 1–4, terminal, 50–200(–400) mm, 5–20-flowered, axis sparsely to densely hairy or glabrate; bracts suborbiculate to ovate, (3–)6–11(–14) mm. <b>Pedicels</b> usually semicircularly recurved, (3–)6–13(–15) mm, 0.5–1.5 times subtending bract, densely eglandular-hairy. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes broadly ovate, (3–)4–6(–7) mm, 2.6–3.8 mm wide, apex acute, eglandular-hairy, rarely glandular-hairy; corolla intense dark to bright blue, rarely pale lilac or white, with darker nerves, abaxial 1/2 often brighter to whitish, (3–)4–7(–8) mm diam.; stamens 0.5 mm; style (0.5–)1–1.6(–1.8) mm. <b>Capsules</b> ± round in cross section, obcordiform, (2.5–)3–4(–4.5) × (3.5–)4–6(–6.3) mm, apex emarginate, sinus angle 20–60(–80)°, densely eglandular-hairy, sometimes also glandular-puberulent, rarely glabrous. <b>Seeds</b> (7–)16–24(–30), pale yellow, ellipsoid to ovoid, deeply cymbiform, 0.9–1.6 × (0.5–)0.8–1.3 mm, 0.4–0.8 mm thick, rugose-cristate. <b>2n</b> = 14 (Eurasia).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (Feb–)Mar–Jun(–Jul).
|habitat=Fields, ruderal places, calcareous soils, lawns.
|elevation=0–600 m.
|distribution=Man.;N.B.;Ont.;Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Colo.;Conn.;D.C.;Fla.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Eurasia;nw Africa (Algeria;Morocco);introduced also in Mexico;s South America.
|discussion=<p>Plants of <i>Veronica polita</i> are similar to those of the more frequent <i>V. persica</i> and are probably frequently overlooked.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Veronica polita
|authority=Fries
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering (Feb–)Mar–Jun(–Jul).
|habitat=Fields, ruderal places, calcareous soils, lawns.
|elevation=0–600 m.
|distribution=Man.;N.B.;Ont.;Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Colo.;Conn.;D.C.;Fla.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Eurasia;nw Africa (Algeria;Morocco);introduced also in Mexico;s South America.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Novit. Fl. Svec.,
|publication year=1819
|special status=Introduced;Illustrated
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_771.xml
|genus=Veronica
|species=Veronica polita
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