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Photographer: PNW Weed Management Handbook
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Family Scrophulariaceae
Veronica peregrina L.
neck-weed, purslane speedwell
Veronica: named after Saint Veronica, the woman who gave Jesus a cloth to wipe his face while on the way to Calvary, and so named because the markings on some species supposedly resemble those on her sacred handkerchief
peregrina: foreign
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, annual, 1"-12" tall forb, simple or branching near the bottom |
| Flower: | cream, 4-parted, less than 1/8" wide, mostly stalkless, lobes longer than the tube; inflorescence a long, terminal, leafy cluster with one flower in each axil; blooms May-Aug. |
| Fruit: | notched capsule |
| Leaf: | opposite except alternate in the inflorescence, 3-10 times as long as wide, either entire or with irregular teeth |
| Habitat: | moist; disturbed sites |
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