Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : vercy
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Scrophulariaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: pale speedwell
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Zymbelkraut-Ehrenpreis ; ES : gallinita blanca ; FR : véronique cymbalaire ; IT : veronica a foglie di cimbalaria ; PT : ; EN : pale speedwell ;
Biological type: Annual
Seedling:
- Cotyledons elliptic or ovate, clavate tip, more or less stalked.
- Leaves entire, elliptic or ovate, regularly dentate.
- Height: 10-60 cm. Plant hairy.
- Stem very branched.
- Lower leaves opposite, later alternate. Leaves 5-9-lobed with a petiole longer than the blade.
- Flowers white, relatively small, solitary on axillary peduncles longer than the leaf. Calyx : 3-4 mm. Corolla 6-10 mm.
- Fruit : fruiting pedicel very long, capsule ciliate, 2-4 seeded.
- Rare in crops.
- Biological type: annual.
Mistake with: Veronica acinifolia , Veronica agrestis , Veronica arvensis , Veronica opaca , Veronica persica , Veronica polita , Veronica praecox
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Rare
Rare
Present
