Veronica arvensis




Family Plantaginaceae (also placed in Scrophulariaceae)
Family Veroniceae
Scientific name Veronica arvensis L.
Synonyms Cardia arvensis (L.) Dulac; Veronica arvensis L. subsp. pennellii Elenenevsky; Veronica bellardii Allioni; Veronica demissa Sampaio; Veronica hirsuta Luce; Veronica polyanthos Thuillier; Veronica pseudoarvensis Tineo; Veronica racemifoliata Perez Lara; Veronica sartoriana Boissier & Heldreich; Veronica simplex Opiz ex Schultes
Common name (Japanese common name) tachi-inu-no-fuguri (タチイヌノフグリ, 立犬陰嚢 [meaning: standing testicles of dogs])
(English common name) corn speedwell, wall speedwell
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) [native] Russia, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Caucasus, Europe, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
Habitat Fields, farm yard, roadside
Chromosomal number 2n=16
Description Plants 7-25cm tall. Leaves 5-15mm long, 3-14mm wide. Flowers blue corollas ca. 4mm across, flowering in April to May. Annual plants.
Reference Veronica arvensis L.
Veronica arvensis L.
Veronica arvensis L.
Herbicidal combinations (US Patent 6090750/2000)
Note Naturalized plants (discovered in 19th Century)



April 2009
at my home
April 2007
at open field
April 2007
at open field