Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : verpo
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Veronica didyma auct.vix Ten.
Classification: Scrophulariaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: grey field-speedwell
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Glanz-Ehrenpreis ; ES : veronica polita ; FR : véronique luisante ; IT : veronica lucida ; PT : verónica-azul ; EN : grey field-speedwell ; NL : gladde ereprijs ; DK : blank ærenpris
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons spatulate.
- Leaves entire, elliptic or ovate, regularly dentate.
- Height: 5-25 cm. Plant pubescent.
- Stems prostrate or ascending.
- Lower leaves opposite, later alternate. Leaves stalked, dark-green, hairy, ovate-rounded, dentate or crenate, longer than broad.
- Flowers bright-blue, small, solitary, on axillary pedicels as long as the leaf.
- Fruits nearly reniform, inflated, 4-5 x 3-4 mm, with short crisped hairs, not reticulate, 7-10-seeded.
- Biological type: annual.
Mistake with: Veronica acinifolia , Veronica agrestis , Veronica arvensis , Veronica cymbalaria , Veronica opaca , Veronica persica , Veronica praecox
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