The Botany of Iceland - 01.12.1942, Side 347

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Flor. VII—VIII ; fr. mat. VIII—IX.
Max. height: 30 cm; average: 12 cm.
Geogr. area: North Am.: Quebec; Newfoundland to Ontario; Michigan to N.
Carolina, Tennessee, S. Dakota, New Mexico.—Eur.: Fær.; E.S.I.; throughout
Europe.—Asia : Western parts.
Veronica peregrina Linn.
V. marilandica, K. & M., 1770, p. 204.—Gliemann, 1824, p. 136.—Babington,
1871, p. 320.
Several of the older authors have entered V. marilandica in their lists, and in
some cases it is taken as a synonym for V. peregrina. No localities are, however,
recorded, and no specimens are in evidence. It should certainly be excluded from
the Icelandic flora.
364. Veronica scutellata Linn., Sp. pl. ed. I (1753) p. 12.
K. & M., 1770, p. 204.—Babington, 1871, p. 321.—Gronlund, Isl. Fl., 1881,
p. 66.—Stefánsson, Fl. ísl., ed. 1, 1901, p. 172.—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 194.—
O. & Gr., 1934, p. 127.
Flora Dan. tab. 209.
Icelandic: Skriðdepla. Danish: Smalbladet Ærenpris. English: Marsh Speedwell.
Rather common in some parts in E., N., N.W. and towards the southwest, see
fig. 158, but only in the lowland.
Life-form : H.
In swamps, around hot springs, in dried out ditches and ponds, in irrigated soil.
Flor. VII—VIII; fr. mat. VIII.
Max. height: 20 cm ; average : 11 cm.
Fig. 158. Veronica scutellata L.