| Family | Plantaginaceae (also placed in Scrophulariaceae) |
| Tribe | Veroniceae |
| Scientific name | Veronica hederifolia L. |
| Synonyms | Pocilla hederifolia (L.) Fourreau; Veronica arvensis L. var. reniformis (Rafinesque) A. W. Wood; Veronica cymbalariifolia J. F. Gmelin; Veronica lappago Schrank; Veronica reniformis Rafinesque; Veronica triloba Opiz; Veronica virgata Menyharth |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) fra-sava-sou (フラサバソウ, フラサバ草 [meaning: Franchet and Savatier's weed]) |
| (English common name) ivy-leaf speedwell, small henbit, Winter weed | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) [native] Central Asia, Caucasus, Western Asia, Europa, Northern Africa | |
| Habitat | Fields, roadside |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=54 |
| Description | Plants 10-30cm tall. Leaves 4-10mm long, 4-15mm wide. Flowers pale purple corollas 4mm across, flowering in March to May. Winter annual plants. |
| Reference | Veronica hederifolia L. |
| Veronica hederifolia L. | |
| Selective herbicidal compositions (US Patent 4004913/1977) | |
| Imidazole derivatives (US Patent 4185992/1980) | |
| Composition for and method of selectively controlling weeds in cereals (US Patent 4272281/1981) | |
| Certain trifluoromethoxy-phenoxy-pyridines having herbicidal activity (US Patent 4655824/1987) | |
| Herbicidal method comprising the use of diflufenican (US Patent 5264411/1993) | |
| Herbicidal composition (US Patent 6037310/2000) | |
| Agrochemical surfactant compositions (US Patent 6413908/2002) | |
| Herbicidal compositions comprising picolinafen (US Patent 6660692/2003) | |
| Uracil compounds and use thereof (US Patent 6664214/2003) | |
| Note | Naturalized plants (first recorded by Franchet and Savatier in 1875). |
| April 2007 at Nikko Botanical Garden |
April 2007 at Nikko Botanical Garden |
April 2007 at Nikko Botanical Garden |
| April 2007 at Nikko Botanical Garden |