Participant Info

Species

Veronica americana

Family

Plantaginaceae

CommonName

American speedwell, American brooklime

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1911

LatestDate

2020

Ecosystem

foothill, montane, subalpine

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, Archuleta

Passes

Cochetopa, Cumbres, La Manga

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, Million Reservoir 28 Aug 2020

Comments

American speedwell is common around the Valley mountains, by every kind of water—streams, rills, seeps, beaver ponds, etc. Unlike Veronica anagallis-aquatica, V. americana does not range into the Basin. The species is present in nearly every county west of the Great Plains, and well established around the Great Lakes and in New England. It follows the Rio Grande drainage though all of New Mexico and then a little way into west Texas.

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