Veronica agrestis L.
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Description
Veronica agrestis is a small annual herbaceous plant, usually 5–30 cm tall, with a delicate spreading growth habit. Stems are slender, branched, and often prostrate to ascending, rooting occasionally at lower nodes. The plant is generally covered with fine hairs, especially on stems and leaves. Leaves are simple, opposite, and shortly petiolate. Leaf blades are ovate to broadly elliptic, usually 0.5–2 cm long, with rounded to blunt teeth along the margins. Leaves are green, soft, and slightly hairy. Flowers are small, bisexual, zygomorphic, and borne singly or in short axillary clusters. Flowers are usually pale blue, white, or lilac with darker veins. The calyx consists of four lobes, the corolla is four-lobed and fused at the base, stamens are two, and the ovary is superior with two fused carpels. Fruits are small flattened capsules, broadly heart-shaped to kidney-shaped, containing several small seeds. Capsules mature within the persistent calyx.
Diagnostic Characters
Distribution
Native range: Native to Europe, Western Asia.
In Pakistan: Introduced and naturalized in many regions including Pakistan, India, North Africa, North America. In Pakistan, it may occur as a winter weed in cultivated areas.
Phenology
Ethnobotany & Uses
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Taxonomic Notes
Veronica agrestis belongs to Plantaginaceae, a family that includes herbs with Opposite leaves, Bilaterally symmetrical flowers, Two stamens, Capsule fruits. The genus Veronica is recognized by Small four-lobed flowers, Two-stamen condition.