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March 2006 at lowland field |
March 2006 at lowland field |
| Family | Plantaginaceae (also placed in Scrophulariaceae) |
| Tribe | Veroniceae |
| Scientific name | Veronica polita Fries |
| Synonyms | Pocilla polita (Fries) Fourreau; Veronica caninotesticulata Makino; Veronica crenulata Sessé y Lacasta & Moçiño; Veronica didyma Tenore var. lilacina (Hara) Yamazaki; Veronica polita Fries var. lilacina (Hara) Yamazaki |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) inu-no-fuguri (イヌノフグリ, 犬陰嚢 [meaning: testicles of dogs]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan | |
| Habitat | Farm yard, roadside |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=14 |
| Description | Plants creeping 5-20cm. Leaves 6-10mm across. Flowers pedicels 5-10mm long, purple corollas 3-4mm across, flowering in March to May. Fruits hairy 6mm across, seeds 1.2mm long. Winter annual plants. |
| Reference | Veronica polita Fries |
| Veronica polita Fr. | |
| Note | Relatively rare. |
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| March 2006 at lowland field |
March 2006 at lowland field |
March 2006 at lowland field |
