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Weed Science & Agronomy
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Bayer Code : verhe

Scientific name: Veronica hederifolia L.

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Classification: Scrophulariaceae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: ivy-leaved speedwell

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Efeublättriger Ehrenpreis ; ES : veronica ; FR : véronique à feuilles de lierre ; IT : veronica con foglie d'edera ; PT : verónica-de-folha-de-hera ; EN : ivy-leaved speedwell ; NL : klimopereprijs ; DK : verbend ærenpris

Biological type: Annual

Seed snapshot Seed:

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Seedling snapshotSeedling snapshot Seedling:

- Cotyledons elliptic or ovate, clavate tip, more or less stalked.

- Leaves entire, elliptic or ovate, regularly dentate.

Adult plant snapshot Adult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height: 10-60 cm. Plant hairy.

- Stem creeping.

- Lower leaves opposite, later alternate. Leaves stalked, cordate, rounded, 3-7 lobed with a broader terminal lobe.

- Flowers light-blue or lilac, solitary, in leaf axils, 6-9 mm, peduncles longer than the leaf.

- Fruits circa 5 mm x 6 mm, globose, glabrous, 2-4 seeded.

- Biological type: annual.

Ecological profile (click on flags): BeneLux   Present     Germany  Present     Denmark  Present     Spain  Present     France  Present     Great Britain  Present     Italy  Present     Portugal Present    

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