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flower |
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habitat |
fruit |
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Habitat: |
fields, lawns, roadsides |
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Plant Height: |
ascending stems up to 4 dm, branched |
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Flower Color: |
pale blue with white centers |
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Flower: |
complete; perfect; corolla 3-5 mm wide; 4 sepals; 4 petals; 2 stamens; stigma 1; long pedicle |
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Inflorescence: |
single; axillary |
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Fruit: |
tipped with persistent style |
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Leaves: |
under 1 cm; lowest opposite becoming alternate bracts; slightly toothed; short petiolate |
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Bloom Time: |
April-May |
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Origins: |
non-native |
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Other: |
this native of Eurasia is very similar to V. persica Poir. (Birdseye Speedwell); identification based upon key in Gleason and Cronquist, 1991. | |