Veronica filiformis Sm.
(Slender Speedwell)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesVeronica filiformis (Slender Speedwell)
GenusVeronica (speedwells)
FamilyPLANTAGINACEAE (toadflaxes, speedwells, foxgloves and plantains)
OrderLAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Veronica filiformis (Slender Speedwell) :
1: Veronica filiformis (Slender Speedwell)
22 Apr 2007 OSGR: SU83 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Flowering in grass at side of road . Photos: Plant, flowers, trichomes, petal cells
Image 1: Flowering colonyImage 2: Flowering shoot - pale backgroundImage 3: Flowering shoot - pale background (2)Image 4: Flowers and leaves - close-upImage 5: Flowers - close-upImage 6: Flowers - face view - close-upImage 7: Anther and style - side view - magnifiedImage 8: Flower - side view - close-up - enlargedImage 9: Flower - side view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 10: Pedicel - hairs - close-up - magnifiedImage 11: Pedicel - hairs - magnifiedImage 12: Stem - hairs - close-up - magnifiedImage 13: Stem - hairs - magnifiedImage 14: Glandular hair on edge of petal - tip - magnifiedImage 15: Glandular hair on edge of petal - tip - magnified (2)Image 16: Hair on edge of petal - tip - magnifiedImage 17: Hairs, on edge of petal - magnifiedImage 18: Hairs, some glandulular, on edge of near base of petal - magnifiedImage 19: Hairs, some glandulular, on edge of near base of petal - magnified (2)Image 20: Pollen grains - magnifiedImage 21: Stem: glandular hairs - magnifiedImage 22: Stem: trichomes and glandular hairs - microscope low magnificationImage 23: Stem: trichomes and glandular hairs - microscope low magnification (2)Image 24: Stem: trichomes and glandular hairs - microscope low magnification (3)Image 25: Stem: trichomes - microscope low magnificationImage 26: Upper petal - inner surface - cell structure - microscope low magnificationImage 27: Upper petal - inner surface - cell structure - microscope low magnification (2)Image 28: Upper petal - inner surface - cell structure of blue ray - magnifiedImage 29: Upper petal - inner surface - cell structure of blue ray - microscope low magnificationImage 30: Upper petal - inner surface folded over - cell structure - profile - magnified
2: Veronica filiformis (Slender Speedwell)
15 Apr 2001 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Flowering plantImage 2: Flowering plant - in situImage 3: FlowersImage 4: Flower - magnifiedImage 5: Flower - magnified (2)
3: Veronica filiformis (Slender Speedwell)
30 Apr 2000 OSGR: TQ15 51° 20’ N, 0° 20’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
on lawn
Image 1: Flower - calyx - close-upImage 2: Flower - close-upImage 3: FlowersImage 4: Flowers - close-upImage 5: Flowers - close-up (2)Image 6: Flowers in lawnImage 7: Flowers in lawn (2)Image 8: Flowers in lawn (3)Image 9: Calyx after corolla shedImage 10: Flower bud - close-upImage 11: Flower - face view - close-upImage 12: Flower - side view - close-upImage 13: Leaf - uppersideImage 14: Leaf - underside
4: Veronica filiformis (Slender Speedwell)
6 Jul 1971 OSGR: TQ20 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Image 1: Flowers and leaves - enlargedImage 2: Shoot - enlarged

Veronica filiformis (Slender Speedwell) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Veronica filiformis (Slender Speedwell)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Veronica filiformis (Slender Speedwell)
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