Veronica caninotesticulata; speedwell

Japanese: イヌノフグリ（英語表記）Veronica caninotesticulata; speedwell

A biennial plant of the Scrophulariaceae family. It grows along roadsides and in fields. The stem is 5-20 cm long, branches at the base, and creeps along the ground. The leaves are opposite at the bottom and alternate at the top, ovate or round, and serrated. From early spring to early summer, a single flower is produced in the leaf axil. The flower stalk is thin, 1.5-4 cm long, and the calyx and corolla are four-lobed. The corolla is about 8 mm in diameter and pale pink-purple. The fruit is a flattened sphere with a concave tip. Very similar to this species are Veronica persicae, which has large flowers and leaves, and Veronica persicae, which has upright stems and flowers with almost no stalks; both are naturalized plants native to Europe.

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Japanese:

ゴマノハグサ科の越年草。路傍や畑に生える。茎は長さ5～20cm，基部で分枝し地をはう。葉は下部では対生，上部では互生し，卵形または円形で鋸歯がある。早春から初夏にかけて，葉腋に1花をつける。花柄は細く，長さ 1.5～4cmあって萼も花冠も4裂し，花冠は直径約 8mm，淡紅紫色である。果実は先のへこんだ扁平な球形。本種によく似たもので，花や葉の大きいオオイヌノフグリ，茎は立上がり，花にほとんど柄のないタチイヌノフグリがあり，いずれもヨーロッパ原産の帰化植物である。

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