Veronica arvensis

Growing form

Annual herb.

Size

8–25 cm high.

Stem

The stem is erect or ascending, and pubescent.

Leaf

The leaves are typically opposite. The lower leaves are short-petiolate, and the upper leaves are sessile. The lamina is deltoid-ovate, obtuse or shallow-cordate, and serrate. The distal stem leaves are simple.

Flower

The inflorescence is a long, dense raceme. The pedicel is shorter than the bract. The calyx is often zygomorphic and four-lobed or rarely five-lobed. The corolla is 2–3 mm wide and blue. The corolla is typically rotate, short-tubular and four-lobed. The lobes are longer than the tube. There are two stamens in a flower.

Fruit and seed

The capsule is compressed, obcordate, deeply cleft and the margin is covered with glandular hairs.

Source: Pinkka e-learning: Excursion to Åland - Nåtö biological research station, yard and garden of the station CC BY 4.0

The map represents observations of this taxon, but it may not be used as a distribution map.

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Observations
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Checklist
MR.1
Scientific name
Veronica arvensis
Author
L.
Vernacular names
  • ketotädyke (Finnish)
  • fältveronika (Swedish)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.39614
Taxon rank
species
Occurrence in Finland
Collected from Finland
Status in Finland
  • TOV - alien, old, resident (archaeophyte)
Regulatory Status
  • Vascular plants – SUMI Project 2022 ?
Finnish Regional Red List Category
  • 2019 LC – Least Concern
  • 2010 LC – Least Concern
Expert
  • Arto Kurtto
DNA barcode sequences
Veronica arvensis
30 public records
Informal groups
  • Vascular plants