Common name: Common Field-speedwell
Scientific name: Veronica persica 阿拉伯婆婆納*
Genus: Veronica 婆婆納屬
Family: Plantaginaceae 車前草科, 車前科, plantain family
Origin: Neophyte (established after 1500AD). Probably native to mountains of the Caucasus & N. Iran, where it may have originated by the hybridisation of V. ceratocarpa 角果婆婆納 and V. polita 婆婆納. Is was first recorded in the wild in 1826.
Remarks*: Veronica was formerly classified in the family Scrophulariaceae 玄參科, figwort family. This species could also be found in HK as an endemic species.
Date: 1st July (& 1st April at another location)
A branched, decumbent, pubescent annual plant, can reach up to 40 cm.
Flowers solitary, axillary. Pedicels are longer than leaves. (vs pedicels are shorter in V. agrestis, green field-speedwell) (1st April)
The leaves at the top of the stem.
Leaves are ovate, strongly toothed. (1st April)
Pedicels are longer than leaves. (vs pedicels are shorter in V. agrestis, green field-speedwell) (1st April)(1st April)
The underside of the leaves.
There are two fruits in this photo.
Lobes of capsule divergent. (vs lobes diverging at narrow angle in V. agrestis, green field-speedwell)
4 sepals
enlarged below
side view of the flower
flower bright blue, lower petal almost white (vs flower pale blue with lower petal white in V. agrestis, green field-speedwell)
Flower 8-12 mm across, with 2 stamens, 1 style. (vs flower 4-8 mm across in V. agrestis, green field-speedwell)
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