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Veronica longifolia, Linn. (V. maritima, Linn. V. hybrida, Georgi, not Linn. V. persicifolia, Schott. V. bracteata, Opiz, not Willd.). Strong, leafy, upright, densely growing species 2 1/2 ft. high, with usually a smooth st.: lvs. lanceolate or oblong-acuminate, sharply serrate, lower opposite, upper more or less verticillate, pubescent below, very acute, 2 1/2 - 4 in. long: racemes long, erect, spiciform, dense: fls. lilac, numerous: caps. longer than broad, notched, a little exceeding the linear sepals or sometimes exceeded by them. Becomes black in drying. July-Sept. Wet fields, Cent. and E. Eu. and N. Asia.— Much cult. and hybridized. Has several varieties. A fine border plant and the most common species, growing and flowering freely in any good soil. Var. alba, Hort. (V. maritima var. alba, Hort.), grows 1-1 1/2 ft. high: fls. white. Var. glauca, Hort., has glaucous blue foliage: fls. rich purple. Var. rosea, Hort. (V. rosea, Hort. V. hybrida rosea, Hort. V. maritima var. rosea, Hort.), a probable variety with pink fls., 2 ft. high and much branched. Hardy in Mass. Prop. by division and cuttings. Var. subsessilis, Miq. (V. subsessilis, Hort.). Fig. 3914. More erect, compact and robust than the type, 2-3 ft. high, growing in clumps with numerous side branches and of a good habit: lvs. 2-4 in. long, according to the richness of the soil: spikes longer and fls. larger than of the type and of an intense lustrous blue. Aug.-Oct. Japan. B.M. 6407. R.H. 1881:270. G.C. II. 16:789. J.H. III. 59:253. A good border plant and considered the best speedwell; thrives in deep rich soil in an open position. Var. villosa, Hort. (V. villosa, Schrad. V. crenulata, Hoffm.). A Siberian form with narrower lvs. than the type and large blue fls. Lvs. serrate or doubly notched or incised.
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Veronica longifolia, Linn. (V. maritima, Linn. V. hybrida, Georgi, not Linn. V. persicifolia, Schott. V. bracteata, Opiz, not Willd.). Strong, leafy, upright, densely growing species 2 1/2 ft. high, with usually a smooth st.: lvs. lanceolate or oblong-acuminate, sharply serrate, lower opposite, upper more or less verticillate, pubescent below, very acute, 2 1/2 - 4 in. long: racemes long, erect, spiciform, dense: fls. lilac, numerous: caps. longer than broad, notched, a little exceeding the linear sepals or sometimes exceeded by them. Becomes black in drying. July-Sept. Wet fields, Cent. and E. Eu. and N. Asia.— Much cult. and hybridized. Has several varieties. A fine border plant and the most common species, growing and flowering freely in any good soil. Var. alba, Hort. (V. maritima var. alba, Hort.), grows 1-1 1/2 ft. high: fls. white. Var. glauca, Hort., has glaucous blue foliage: fls. rich purple. Var. rosea, Hort. (V. rosea, Hort. V. hybrida rosea, Hort. V. maritima var. rosea, Hort.), a probable variety with pink fls., 2 ft. high and much branched. Hardy in Mass. Prop. by division and cuttings. Var. subsessilis, Miq. (V. subsessilis, Hort.). Fig. 3914. More erect, compact and robust than the type, 2-3 ft. high, growing in clumps with numerous side branches and of a good habit: lvs. 2-4 in. long, according to the richness of the soil: spikes longer and fls. larger than of the type and of an intense lustrous blue. Aug.-Oct. Japan. B.M. 6407. R.H. 1881:270. G.C. II. 16:789. J.H. III. 59:253. A good border plant and considered the best speedwell; thrives in deep rich soil in an open position. Var. villosa, Hort. (V. villosa, Schrad. V. crenulata, Hoffm.). A Siberian form with narrower lvs. than the type and large blue fls. Lvs. serrate or doubly notched or incised.
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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 -->
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