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|accepted_name=Veronica agrestis
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 13. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Field speedwell;véronique agreste
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Veronica;Veronica agrestis
|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 agrestis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 305, 308
|treatment_page=page 320
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Annuals.</b> Stems creeping to decumbent, 5–25 cm, hairy. <b>Leaves</b>: blade elliptic-ovate to oblong, (6–)8–16(–19) × (3–)4–10(–13) mm, base truncate, margins serrate, teeth 4–6(–8) per side, apex obtuse to acute, abaxial surface ± more densely hairy than adaxial. <b>Racemes</b> 1–5, terminal, 50–250 mm, 5–15-flowered, axis eglandular-hairy, sometimes glandular-hairy; bracts elliptic-ovate to oblong, (6–)9–16(–19) mm. <b>Pedicels</b> deflexed, (5–)6–10(–15) mm, ± shorter than subtending bracts, densely eglandular- and, sometimes, glandular-hairy distally. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes linear-lanceolate, (5–)6–7 mm, 2.2–2.6 mm wide, apex rounded, sparsely eglandular- or glandular-hairy; corolla white or pale pinkish or pale blue, 4–5(–6) mm diam.; stamens 0.5–1 mm; style (0.6–)0.9–1.1(–1.2) mm. <b>Capsules</b> ± compressed in cross section, ± subglobular, 3.5–4.5(–4.7) × 4.5–6(–6.3) mm, apex emarginate, sparsely glandular-hairy. <b>Seeds</b> 6–14, yellow to ochre, globular, cymbiform, 1.3–2.1 × 1–1.6 mm, 0.6–1.1 mm thick, strongly rugose (transversely ribbed). <b>2n</b> = 28 (Europe).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Oct.
|habitat=Light, noncalcareous, moist soils, gravelly soils.
|elevation=(0–)300–800 m.
|distribution=Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Que.;D.C.;Fla.;Ill.;La.;Mass.;N.Y.;Pa.;Tex.;Vt.;Europe.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p><i>Veronica agrestis</i> is similar to the more frequent <i>V. persica</i> and probably frequently overlooked and to be expected elsewhere. However, it should be noted that it is less common than <i>V. persica</i> or <i>V. polita</i> and always in more humid habitats.</p>
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name=Veronica agrestis
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Oct.
|habitat=Light, noncalcareous, moist soils, gravelly soils.
|elevation=(0–)300–800 m.
|distribution=Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Que.;D.C.;Fla.;Ill.;La.;Mass.;N.Y.;Pa.;Tex.;Vt.;Europe.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced;Illustrated
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|genus=Veronica
|species=Veronica agrestis
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