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Latin name: Veronica persica
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Family: Scrophulariaceae - Figwort
family
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Common name: Persian speedwell
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Life cycle: winter annual in Oregon's
Willamette Valley. Germinates and flowers from November through March.
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Habit: prostrate and spreading
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Foliage: Dentate, with coarse long hairs.
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Flowers: 4 petals, white in the center
fading to blue on the outer edges, with deep blue stripes..
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Seedling: Cotyledons are elliptical,
glabrous, and with smooth margins; while first true leaves are hairy and
serrated.
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Look alikes: V. hederaefolia, Lamium purpureum,
and L. amplexicaule
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