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Photographer: Kitty Kohout
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Family Scrophulariaceae
Veronica scutellata L.
marsh speedwell, narrow-leaved speedwell, skullcap 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
scutellata: like Scutellaria
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4"-16" tall forb; from rhizomes |
| Flower: | bluish, 4-parted, 1/4"-1/3" wide, lobes longer than the tube; inflorescence a stalked, 5 to 20-flowered cluster (raceme) only in the upper leaf axils; blooms May-Sept. |
| Fruit: | notched, flattened capsule |
| Leaf: | all opposite, stalkless, 4-20 times long as wide, mostly entire |
| Habitat: | swamps, bogs |
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