Veronica peregrina: UW-Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium: Plant Details Page

Family Scrophulariaceae
Veronica peregrina L. subsp. peregrina
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:	annual forb, smooth
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Synonyms

Veronica peregrina L. var. peregrina
Veronica peregrina L. var. typica Pennell

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