Veronica anagallis-aquatica

Family	Plantaginaceae (also placed in Scrophulariaceae)
Tribe	Veroniceae
Scientific name	Veronica anagallis-aquatica L.
Synonyms	Cardia amplexicaulis Dulac; Veronica ambigua Luce; Veronica anagallidiformis Boreau; Veronica anagallis L.; Veronica anagallis L. var. anagalliformis Boreau; Veronica anagallis L. var. glandulifera Celakovsky; Veronica anagallis L. var. latifolia Britton; Veronica anagallis L. var. latifolia Schultz; Veronica anagallis L. var. lepida (Philippi) Grandj; Veronica anagallis-aquatica L. forma anagalliformis (Boreau) Beck; Veronica anagallis-aquatica L. subsp. anagallidiformis Soó; Veronica anagallis-aquatica L. subsp. undulata (Wallich) Elenevsky; Veronica anagallis-aquatica L. var. brittonii (Porter ex Pennell) Pennell; Veronica anagallis-aquatica L. var. glandulosa Schur; Veronica anagallis-aquatica L. var. glandulosa Farwell; Veronica anagallis-aquatica L. var. latifolia Farwell; Veronica anagallis-aquatica L. var. terrea Farwell; Veronica aquatica Gray; Veronica aquatica Bernhardi forma laevipes Beck; Veronica aquatica Bernhardi var. glandulifera (Celakovsky) Beck; Veronica brittonii Porter ex Pennell; Veronica catenata Pennell; Veronica catenata Pennell subsp. pseudocatenata Chrtek & Osbornova-Kosinova; Veronica catenata Pennell var. glandulosa Pennell; Veronica comosa Richter var. glaberrima (Pennell) B. Boivin; Veronica comosa Richter var. glandulosa (Pennell) B. Boivin; Veronica connata auct., non Rafinesque; Veronica connata Rafinesque subsp. glaberrima Pennell; Veronica connata Rafinesque var. glaberrima (Pennell) Fassett; Veronica connata Rafinesque var. typica Pennell; Veronica espadanae Pau; Veronica glandifera Pennell; Veronica indica Roxburgh ex A. Dietrich; Veronica kovacsii Borbás; Veronica lepida Philippi; Veronica lysimachioides Boissier; Veronica maresii Sennen; Veronica micromera Wooton & Standley; Veronica miniana Merino; Veronica minor Vahl ex Mertens & Koch; Veronica montioides Boissier; Veronica nitidula Reichenbach ex Walpers; Veronica osiliensis Luce; Veronica oxycarpa Boissier; Veronica palustris Salisbury; Veronica perfoliata Rafinesque; Veronica punctata Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don; Veronica pusilla Bentham; Veronica reyesana Pau & Merino ex Merino; Veronica salina auct., non Schur; Veronica salina Schur forma laevipes (Beck) Fernald; Veronica tenerrima Schrader; Veronica undulata Wallich; Veronica Xlackschwitzii J. Keller
Common name	(Japanese common name) oh-kawa-zdisha (オオカワヂシャ, 大川萵苣 [meaning: large river lettuce])
	(English common name) blue water speedwell, brook-pimpernel, water speedwell
Distribution	(Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region)
	(Other nations) [native] Russia, Korea, China, Mongolia, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Europe, Africa
Habitat	Riverside, swamp
Chromosomal number	2n=36
Description	Plants 30-100cm tall. Leaves 3-7cm long, 1-2cm wide. Flowers pale purple corollas ca. 5mm across, flowering in April to September. Fruits ca. 4mm across, seed ca.0. 4mm across. Winter annual plants.
Reference	Veronica anagallis-aquatica L.
	Veronica anagallis-aquatica Linnaeus
	Veronica anagallis-aquatica L.
	Veronica anagallis-aquatica L.
	Veronica anagallis-aquatica L.
	Vascular plants to be designated as Invasive Alien Species according to the Invasive Alien Species Act of Japan
	Pharmaceutical composition for prophylaxis or treatment of osteoporosis, and method to prepare the same (US Patent Application 20040191344)
Note	Naturalized plants.
	Invasive plants. Selling, exchange, transport, cultivation, or importation of Veronica anagallis-aquatica without any permission by the Japanese government is strictly prohibited in Japan under the Law on Prevention against Environmantal Damages by Specific Exotic Animals and Plants (Law no.78-2004, amendment in 2005).

June 2009 at Ohsaka City University Botanical Garden	June 2009 at Ohsaka City University Botanical Garden	June 2009 at Ohsaka City University Botanical Garden