• Family : Scrophulariaceae
  (Figwort Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BRAHMI FAMILY (ब्राह्मी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Plantaginaceae
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Veronica chamaedrys L.
• Common name : Germander Speedwell, Bird's-eye speedwell, Cat's eyes
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Meadows, pastures, fields, yards, gardens, lawns, banks, logging sites
• Key identification features : Perennials, 10-50 cm tall. Stems ascending, simple, densely pubescent with multicellular hairs along 2 lines. Lower leaves short petiolate, upper ones sessile; leaf blade ovate to ovate-orbicular, ca. 2.5 X 1.5-2 cm, sparsely puberulent, base truncate to slightly cordate, margin with deeply incised obtuse teeth, apex obtuse. Racemes paired, axillary from upper leaves, with multicellular glandular hairs (except corolla); bracts linear-elliptic, shorter or as long as pedicel. Calyx lobes 4, lanceolate, subequal. Corolla blue, rotate, ca. 1.2 cm in diam., subglabrous inside; tube less than 1.5 mm; upper and lateral lobes wider than long, lower lobes obovate. Stamens shorter than corolla. Capsule obcordate, strongly compressed. Style 5-6 mm. Seeds (2-)6-10(-14) per locule, flattened
• Flower, Fruit : May-August
• Distribution :
  • Kashmir : Kashmir
• Native : Kazakhstan,Russia,Europe
• Exotic/Native : Exotic
• Literature : Photographs of Shakir Ahmad
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Veronica chamaedrys. Downloaded on 29 June 2022.

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