''Veronica triphyllos'' is a species of flowering plant in the
plantain family
Plantaginaceae, the plantain family, is a large, diverse family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales that includes common flowers such as snapdragon and foxglove. It is unrelated to the banana-like fruit also called "plantain." In older cl ...
known by the common name finger speedwell, or fingered speedwell. It is native to Europe and western Asia, and it can be found elsewhere as an
introduced species, for example, in some parts of the United States. It is an annual herb growing from a
taproot and producing a hairy, glandular, branching or unbranched stem up to about 20 centimeters in maximum height. The deeply lobed leaves are rarely more than a centimeter in length. The hairy blades are borne in opposite pairs on the stem. The
inflorescence at the tip of the stem produces deep blue flowers a few millimeters wide.
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentWashington Burke MuseumPhoto gallery
triphyllos
Plants described in 1753
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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