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 |