Participant Info

Species

Veronica peregrina [Veronica xalapensis]

Family

Plantaginaceae

CommonName

hairy purslane speedwell, neckweed

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1911

LatestDate

2021

Ecosystem

basin, shrubland, foothill, montane, ruderal

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos, UBasin, LBasin

Counties

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

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Baca, Great Sand Dunes

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, gravel pit NE of Del Norte 21 June 2021

Comments

In the Watershed purslane speedwell is common, found by all kinds of water: creeks, streams, lakes, wet ditches, and drying reservoirs and ponds. It is not yet recorded from the Culebras but certainly present there, judging from the distribution in New Mexico. It ranges in size from less than half an inch to over four inches. It is also highly adaptable, found in every state of the Union. It is present through the entire Rio Grande drainage, down to the Gulf of Mexico. Note that the Watershed plant is var. xalapensis, native to the USA, with glandular hairs as distinguished from the European plant, which is hairless.

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