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Bayer Code : verar
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Scrophulariaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: wall speedwell
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Feld-Ehrenpreis ; ES : veronica arvense ; FR : véronique des champs ; IT : veronica dei campi ; PT : verónica-vulgar ; EN : wall speedwell ; NL : veldereprijs ; DK : mark-ærenpris
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons spatulate.
- Leaves entire, elliptic or ovate, regularly dentate.
- Height: 5 to 25 cm. Plant pubescent.
- Stems erect or ascending.
- Lower leaves opposite, later alternate. Leaves ovate, sessile, dentate margin, with 7-9 lobes.
- Flowers blue, 2-3 mm, on very short peduncle, in long terminal racemes very dense at first, then rapidly very lengthened.
- Fruits very flattened, 3 mm, ciliate.
- Plant bitter, diuretic and astringent.
- Biological type: annual.
Mistake with: Veronica acinifolia , Veronica agrestis , Veronica cymbalaria , Veronica opaca , Veronica persica , Veronica polita , Veronica praecox
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