Plantaginaceae FAMILY

Veronica arvensis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Veronica arvensis is an erect or ascending annual to biennial plant growingfrom a slender rootstock. The stem can be unbranched or with spreading branches; it can grow 5 - 30cm tall[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. , 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for use as a medicine. The plant is a weed of cultivated ground that has become naturalized virtually worldwide[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]..

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurasia - Norway to Portugal, east through Turkey and the Caucasus to C. Asia, Afghanistan, India, south to the Levant; N. Africa - Morocco to Tunisia

HabitatCultivated ground, grassland and on heaths, in more or less open habitats and usually on dry soils[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ]. A weed in fields, rarely on dry slopes, in sandy-pebbly soils, on loess mounds of foothills; at elevations up to 2,000 metres[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].