Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : verpr
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Scrophulariaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: breckland speedwell
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Früher Ehrenpreis ; ES : borroncillo ; FR : véronique précoce ; IT : veronica precoce ; EN : breckland speedwell ;
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons spatulate.
- Leaves entire, elliptic or ovate, regularly dentate.
- Height: 5-20 cm.
- Stems erect, nearly glabrous at base, with crisped and glandular hairs above.
- Lower leaves opposite, later alternate. Leaves glabrous, the middle and upper sessile and the lower stalked. Margins irregularly and deeply dentate.
- Flowers bright-blue, about 3 mm in diameter, slightly exceeding the calyx, in lax terminal racemes. Pedicels slightly longer than the leaves.
- Fruits lengthened, somewhat flattened, 4 x 5 mm, sparsely ciliate on midrib.
- Rare in crops.
- Biological type: annual.
Mistake with: Veronica acinifolia , Veronica agrestis , Veronica arvensis , Veronica cymbalaria , Veronica opaca , Veronica persica , Veronica polita
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Rare
Rare
Rare
