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Bayer Code : verpe
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Veronica tournefortii C. Gmelin pro parte non Vill.
Classification: Scrophulariaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: common field-speedwell
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Persischer Ehrenpreis ; ES : veronica ; FR : véronique de Perse ; IT : veronica comune ; PT : verónica-da-pérsia ; EN : common field-speedwell ; NL : grote ereprijs ; DK : storkronet ærenpris
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons spatulate.
- Leaves entire, elliptic or ovate, regularly dentate.
- Height: 10-40 cm. Plant pubescent.
- Stems prostrate, diffuse or ascending, branched.
- Lower leaves opposite, later alternate. Leaves ovate, broad, coarsely dentate, cordate at base, sparsely hairy, short-stalked.
- Flowers sky-blue, lower petals often white, large 9-14 mm in diameter, in leaf axils, on pedicels 1-3 times longer than the leaf, with crisped hairs.
- Fruits flattened, pubescent-reticulate, 7 mm broad, sharply keeled. 4-8 seeds in each cell.
- Biological type: annual.
Mistake with: Veronica acinifolia , Veronica agrestis , Veronica arvensis , Veronica cymbalaria , Veronica opaca , Veronica polita , Veronica praecox
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