Veronica americana

Veronica americana

Taxobox
name = "Veronica americana"

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image_width = 250px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Plantaginaceae
genus = "Veronica"
species = "V. americana"
binomial = "Veronica americana"
binomial_authority = Schwein. ex Benth.

"Veronica americana", variously called "American brookline" or "American speedwell",cite web | title = Veronica americana Schwein. ex Benth. | work = PLANTS Profile | publisher = United States Department of Agriculture; Natural Resources Conservation Service | url = http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=VEAM2 | accessdate = 2008-03-30 ] is a plant native to temperate and arctic Asia and North Americacite web | title = Veronica americana Schwein. ex Benth. | work = GRIN Taxonomy for Plants | publisher = Germplasm Resources Information Network | url = http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?316860 | accessdate = 2008-03-30 ] where it grows in streams and bottomlands.

It is a herbaceous perennial with glabrous stems 10–100 cm long that bear terminal or axillary racemes or spikes of soft violet flowers. The leaves are 1.5-8 cm long and 3 to 20 times as long as wide, short-petiolate, glabrous, serrate to almost entire. cite web|title=Veronica americana|work=WTU Herbarium Image Collection |publisher=Burke Museum, University of Washington|url=http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Veronica&Species=americana|accessdate=2008-03-30]

Uses and edibility

American speedwell is edible and nutritious and is reported to have a flavor similar to watercress. Native Americans used "Veronica" species as an expectorant tea to alleviate bronchial congestion associated with asthma and allergies. The plant can be confused with Skullcap and other members of the mint family. Members of the mint family have square sided stems, and "Veronica" species have rounded stems, and are easily distinguished from skullcap. [Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West, Gregory L. Tilford, ISBN 0-87842-359-1]

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  • genus Veronica — noun widespread genus of herbs with pink or white or blue or purple flowers: speedwell • Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Scrophulariaceae, ↑family Scrophulariaceae, ↑figwort family, ↑foxglove family …   Useful english dictionary

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