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|accepted_name=Veronica officinalis
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 11. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Common speedwell;véronique officinale
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Veronica;Veronica officinalis
|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 officinalis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 305, 306
|treatment_page=page 311
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials.</b> Stems creeping, decumbent to ascending distally, 10–40(–50) cm, densely eglandular-hairy, rarely glabrate or glabrous. <b>Leaves</b>: blade ovate, ovate-oblong, or obovate, (8–)20–35(–50) × (3–)10–20(–30) mm, 1.5–2 times as long as wide, base attenuate to cuneate or obtuse, margins dentate, denticulate, or serrulate, apex obtuse to rounded, surfaces sparsely to densely eglandular-hairy, rarely glabrate. <b>Racemes</b> 1–4(–8), axillary, 40–60 mm, 10–35(–40)-flowered, axis densely to sparsely eglandular-hairy, sometimes also glandular-hairy, rarely glabrate; bracts linear-lanceolate or narrowly ovate, (1.5–)3–4(–5) mm. <b>Pedicels</b> erect, (0.5–)1–2(–3) mm, shorter than subtending bract, densely eglandular-hairy, rarely glandular-hairy or glabrate. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx 4(or 5)-lobed, lobes 2–3.5(–4) mm, apex obtuse, glandular- and eglandular-hairy; corolla pale blue-lilac to pale pink, rarely white with pink veins, 6–8 mm diam.; stamens 2.8–3.4 mm; style 2.5–3(–4) mm. <b>Capsules</b> compressed in cross section, triangulate-obdeltoid to obcordiform, 3–5 × 4–5 mm, apex rounded or truncate, rarely emarginate, glandular-hairy, rarely glabrous. <b>Seeds</b> 9–24, brown to yellow, ellipsoid, ovoid, or obovoid, flat, 0.8–1.6 × (0.3–)0.6–1.2 mm, 0.2–0.3 mm thick, smooth. <b>2n</b> = 18, 36 (Europe).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (Apr–)Jun–Jul(–Aug).
|habitat=Forests, meadows, pastures, scrub, ruderal places.
|elevation=0–1600 m.
|distribution=Greenland;St. Pierre and Miquelon;B.C.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Calif.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mont.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Eurasia;introduced in s South America (Chile).
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p><i>Veronica</i> ×tournefortii Villars [<i>V. officinalis</i> var. tournefortii (Villars) Dumortier] refers to the hybrid between <i>V. officinalis</i> and V. allionii Villars in Europe and is not applicable to any North American plant.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Veronica officinalis
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering (Apr–)Jun–Jul(–Aug).
|habitat=Forests, meadows, pastures, scrub, ruderal places.
|elevation=0–1600 m.
|distribution=Greenland;St. Pierre and Miquelon;B.C.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Calif.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mont.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Eurasia;introduced in s South America (Chile).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced
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|genus=Veronica
|species=Veronica officinalis
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