Putnam Park Wildflowers


Flower ID: IMG_9986.JPG-10-06-2021
Flower name (scientific): Veronica peregrina Linnaeus PY: 1753. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) veh-RON-ih-ka per-uh-GREE-nuh
Flower name (common): Purslane Speedwell
Family name (common): Plantain
Family name (scientific): Plantaginaceae
Scientific name origin:
     Genus: Medieval Latin for St. Veronica, who according to legend, wiped the face of Christ on the way to Calvary.
    Specific epithet: Latin for foreign or strange or exotic.
Common name origin: Purslane is originally from French and classical Latin; used to describe a particular plant that was employed as a herb and salad vegetable. Speedwell has been in use for over 400 years (with more than one spelling). The name used to describe different species of plants in the genus Veronica.
Flower description:
     Size: 0.08 to 0.1 inches (2 to 2.5 mm) wide
     Petal count: 4
     Color: white
     Other: flower arrangement, Raceme
Plant description:
     Size: 3 to 12 inches (8 to 30 cm)
     Stem hairy:
     Other:
Leaf description: attachment is alternate and/or opposite, type is simple
     Size: Leaves up to 3.5 cm long and up to about 8 to 10 mm wide.
     Color:
     Hairy:
     Other: Shape: leaf, oblanceolate proximally, narrowly oblong distally (FNA), narrowly oblong to oblong-oblanceolate, those of the petiolate leaves often lanceolate to ovate (MB)
Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native
Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Uncommon
Bloom time (typical): May to October
Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Annual
Habitat: Disturbed areas, waste areas, roadsides, stream banks, pond margins, marshes, sun or semi-shade, moist soil.
Fruit:
Seed:
Importance to wildlife:
Similar species (if any): No close lookalikes when in flower.
Ethnobotany: No recorded uses by tribes in the Wisconsin region, but employed by the Navajo as a ceremonial emetic and taken for over consumption of venison (Moerman, p. 593, 1998).
Latitude: 44.799415
Longitude: -91.513522
Altitude: 245.40
Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Adams, Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Brown, Burnett, Chippewa, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Door, Douglas, Eau Claire, Florence, Forest, Grant, Green, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, La Crosse, Lafayette, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Marquette, Milwaukee, Monroe, Oconto, Oneida, Outagamie, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Price, Racine, Richland, Rock, Rusk, Sauk, Sawyer, Sheboygan, St. Croix, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vernon, Vilas, Walworth, Washburn, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago, Wood) Click here for distribution map
In US: (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) Click here for distribution map
In Canada: (AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT) Click here for distribution map
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Basionym: na
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Autonym: na
Wetland Status (NC): FAC
Wetland Status (MW): FACW