Veronica chamaedrys

Veronica chamaedrys
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Faimily:	Plantaginaceae
Genus:	Veronica
Species:	V. chamaedrys
Binomial name
	Veronica chamaedrys; L.

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.

References

↑ Friedhelm Sauerhoff, Pflanzennamen im Vergleich: Benennungstheorie und Etymologie [Plant names compared: theory of naming and etymology] (Stuttgart, Germany: Franz Steiner, 2001), page 206: Das bestätigt auch E. Mießner, wenn er zum Gamander-Ehrenpreis feststellt: "Da die Blüten leicht abfallen, auch deutscher Spottname 'Männertreu'..." (E. Mießner also confirms that, when he observes about Veronica chamaedrys : "Since the blossoms easily fall off, [it is] also [known by] the derisive German nickname, 'men's faithfulness'...")
↑ other Turf Weeds at Virginia Tech: corn speedwell, Veronica arvensis http://turfweeds.contentsrvr.net/category_detail.pg_24.vesh Archived 2011-08-31 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Turf Weeds at Virginia Tech; germander speedwell, Veronica chamaedrys: http://turfweeds.contentsrvr.net/category_detail.pg_17.vesh Archived 2011-08-31 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Weed ID & info; Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State University and Ronald Calhoun: http://www.msuturfweeds.net/details/_/germander_speedwell_13/ Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine

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USDA Plants Profile Archived 2013-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
GRIN Species Profile Archived 2012-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
Washington Burke Museum Archived 2011-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
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[1] Friedhelm Sauerhoff, Pflanzennamen im Vergleich: Benennungstheorie und Etymologie [Plant names compared: theory of naming and etymology] (Stuttgart, Germany: Franz Steiner, 2001), page 206: Das bestätigt auch E. Mießner, wenn er zum Gamander-Ehrenpreis feststellt: "Da die Blüten leicht abfallen, auch deutscher Spottname 'Männertreu'..." (E. Mießner also confirms that, when he observes about Veronica chamaedrys : "Since the blossoms easily fall off, [it is] also [known by] the derisive German nickname, 'men's faithfulness'...")

[2] ther Turf Weeds at Virginia Tech: corn speedwell, Veronica arvensis http://turfweeds.contentsrvr.net/category_detail.pg_24.vesh Archived 2011-08-31 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Turf Weeds at Virginia Tech; germander speedwell, Veronica chamaedrys: http://turfweeds.contentsrvr.net/category_detail.pg_17.vesh Archived 2011-08-31 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Weed ID & info; Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State University and Ronald Calhoun: http://www.msuturfweeds.net/details/_/germander_speedwell_13/ Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine

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