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Veronica teucrium, Linn. (V. dentata, F. W. Schmidt. V. nitida, Hort., ex Poir., not Ehrh.). Perennial, pubescent: sts. numerous, ascending, up to 20 in. high: lvs. ovate to linear-lanceolate, nearly entire, crenate to even bluntly dentate-incised, mostly sessile: racemes opposite, elongated: fls. large, blue, rarely rose or white; calyx-segms. oblong-linear to lanceolate: caps. obovate, base rotundate. Cent. and S. Eu. and Cent. Asia.— Variable. Var. latifolia, Hort. (V. latifolia, Hort., not Linn.), has broader lvs. Range of the type. Var. prostrata, Hort. (var. dubia, Hort. V. prostrata, Linn.), has a more prostrate habit, only the tips of the sts. upright. Minor forms of this variety are known in the trade as V. prostrata var. alba, Hort., with white fls.; V. prostrata var. pygmaea, Hort., is a small form. G.W. 8, p. 2. V. prostrata var. satureiaefolia, Hort. (V. satureiaefolia, Poit. & Turp.), has light blue fls. B.M. 3683. V. rupestris, Hort., is quite possibly referable to var. prostrata.
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==Cultivation==
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===Pests and diseases===
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==Species==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
==External links==
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