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Weed Science & Agronomy
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Bayer Code : verse

Scientific name: Veronica serpyllifolia L.

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Classification: Scrophulariaceae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: thyme-leaved speedwell

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Quendel-Ehrenpreis ; FR : véronique à feuilles de serpolet ; IT : veronica a foglie di serpillo ; PT : verónica-mimosa ; EN : thyme-leaved speedwell ; DK : glat ærenpris

Biological type: Perennial with stolons

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Seedling snapshotSeedling snapshot Seedling:

- Cotyledons spatulate.

- Leaves entire, elliptic or ovate, regularly dentate.

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- Height: 10-30 cm. Plant glabrous.

- Stems prostrate, rooted in their upper part.

- Leaves opposite except bracts, entire or slightly dentate. Very short stalks.

- Flowers white or whitish, blue-striped in relatively loose racemes more or less lengthened. Pedicels longer than the calyx and shorter than the leaves.

- Fruit ripe broader than long, emarginate apex, slightly longer than the persistent calyx.

- Plant bitter, astringent and a stimulant. Rare in crops.

- Biological type: perennial with stolons.

Ecological profile (click on flags): Germany   Rare     Denmark  Rare     France  Rare     Great Britain  Rare     Italy  Rare     Portugal  Rare    

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