Veronica hederifolia




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