Veronica chamaedrys (kent as Cat’s or bird’s een an deil's flouer) is a speshies o Veronica, native tae Europe an northren Asie. It is foond on baith continents as an introduced speshies. It is a herbaceous perennial plant wi hairy stems an leafs. It can grow tae 25 cm tall, but is normally aboot 12 cm heich. The flouers are blue, wi a fower-lobed corolla. The form o the leafs are seimilar tae white deadnettle.
The 2 tae 4 mm wide blossoms o this plant wilt vera swith on pickin, that haes gien it the ironic name "Männertreu", or "men's faithfulness" in German.[1]
Germander Speedwell is a common, derf turf weed whan it invades turf an lawns. It creeps alang the groond, spreidin bi sendin doun ruits at the stem nodes. It is propagatit baith bi seed an stem fragments. Leafs mey defoliate in the simmer an winter but the stems will grow again next saison. Unlike at least five ether common speedwell turf weeds such as corn speedwell[2] (Veronica arvensis), the leaves are opposite baith on the upper an lawer pairts o the plant.[3][4] See the Veronica for special weed control considerations.
Veronica chamaedrys (kent as Cat’s or bird’s een an deil's flouer) is a speshies o Veronica, native tae Europe an northren Asie. It is foond on baith continents as an introduced speshies. It is a herbaceous perennial plant wi hairy stems an leafs. It can grow tae 25 cm tall, but is normally aboot 12 cm heich. The flouers are blue, wi a fower-lobed corolla. The form o the leafs are seimilar tae white deadnettle.
The 2 tae 4 mm wide blossoms o this plant wilt vera swith on pickin, that haes gien it the ironic name "Männertreu", or "men's faithfulness" in German.
Germander Speedwell is a common, derf turf weed whan it invades turf an lawns. It creeps alang the groond, spreidin bi sendin doun ruits at the stem nodes. It is propagatit baith bi seed an stem fragments. Leafs mey defoliate in the simmer an winter but the stems will grow again next saison. Unlike at least five ether common speedwell turf weeds such as corn speedwell (Veronica arvensis), the leaves are opposite baith on the upper an lawer pairts o the plant. See the Veronica for special weed control considerations.
