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Bird's-Eye Speedwell
Bird's-Eye Speedwell
Veronica persica
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Annual
Size
Tiny
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
Eurasia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Camouflage
Status
Common

About

Birdeye speedwell is a low-growing annual weed with vivid sky-blue flowers just 8–12 mm across, each with a distinctive white lower petal. Despite its dainty blooms, a single plant can shed hundreds of seeds that remain viable in soil for over a decade.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Plantaginaceae
Genus
Veronica
Species
Veronica persica