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'''Veronica arvensis''' (common names: wall speedwell,:592 corn speedwell, common speedwell, rock speedwell, <ref name="int"/>) is an annual flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae. The species is a native European plant and a common weed in gardens, pastures, waste places and cultivated land.
== Description ==
It is a hairy, erect to almost recumbent, annual herb, 9 to 40 cm high from a taproot. The leaves are oppositely arranged in pairs about the stem. The lower leaves have short petioles; the upper are sessile. Each leaf, 1.5 to 2.5 centimeters in length, is ovate, or triangular with a truncated or slightly cordate base, with coarse teeth. Borne in a raceme, initially compact but elongating with age, the flowers are pale blue to blue-violet, 2 to 3 mm in diameter, four-lobed with a narrow lowest lobe. Flower stalks are 0.5 to 2 mm and shorter than the bracts. The fruit capsules are heart-shaped and shorter than the sepal-teeth. It flowers from April to October.
It is a medicinal plant. <ref name="uses"/>[clarification needed]
== References ==
<references>
<ref name="int">[https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=VEAR Veronica arvensis at USDA PLANTS Database]</ref>
<ref name="uses">[http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Veronica+arvensis Veronica arvensis at Plants For A Future]</ref>
</references>
== External Links ==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_arvensis Veronica arvensis]
[Category:Herbs]]
== Description ==
It is a hairy, erect to almost recumbent, annual herb, 9 to 40 cm high from a taproot. The leaves are oppositely arranged in pairs about the stem. The lower leaves have short petioles; the upper are sessile. Each leaf, 1.5 to 2.5 centimeters in length, is ovate, or triangular with a truncated or slightly cordate base, with coarse teeth. Borne in a raceme, initially compact but elongating with age, the flowers are pale blue to blue-violet, 2 to 3 mm in diameter, four-lobed with a narrow lowest lobe. Flower stalks are 0.5 to 2 mm and shorter than the bracts. The fruit capsules are heart-shaped and shorter than the sepal-teeth. It flowers from April to October.
It is a medicinal plant. <ref name="uses"/>[clarification needed]
== References ==
<references>
<ref name="int">[https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=VEAR Veronica arvensis at USDA PLANTS Database]</ref>
<ref name="uses">[http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Veronica+arvensis Veronica arvensis at Plants For A Future]</ref>
</references>
== External Links ==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_arvensis Veronica arvensis]
[Category:Herbs]]
