Veronica persica
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Veronica persica (also Persian speedwell, Large Field Speedwell, or Bird's-eye) is a flowering plant native of Eurasia, but also widespread in the United States, and Asia(including Japan).
[edit] General description
The seed leaves are broadly triangular cotyledons, with truncated base. The short-stalked leaves are broadly ovate, having coarsely serrated margins. V. persica has weak stems that form a dense, prostrate ground cover. Tips of stems are often ascending. Leaves on the lower stems are paired, but are alternate on the upper portion of the stem. The short-petioled leaves are longer than they are broad and coarsely toothed.
The flowers are sky-blue with dark stripes and a white center, and they are zygomorphic (they only have one plane of symmetry, which is vertical). They are solitary on long, slender, hairy stalks in the leaf axils.
[edit] Life cycle
- Annual or winter annual.
- Reproduce from seed.
- Fruits are heart-shaped and hairy.
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