Veronica persica

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Veronica persica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Lamiales Family: Plantaginaceae Genus: Veronica Species: V. persica
Binomial name
Veronica persica Poiret

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 east 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.