Veronica cymbalaria




Family Plantaginaceae (also placed in Scrophulariaceae)
Tribe Veroniceae
Scientific name Veronica cymbalaria Bodard
Synonyms Veronica bodardii Jordan & Fourr; Veronica cuneata Gussone; Veronica fallacina Jordan & Fourr; Veronica glandulifera Freyn; Veronica cymbalariifolia Vahl; Veronica cymbalariifolia Vahl var. fallacina (Jordan & Fourr) Rouy; Veronica cymbalariifolia Vahl var. longipes (Jordan & Fourr) Rouy; Veronica longipes Jordan & Fourr; Veronica trichadaena Jordan & Fourr
Common name (Japanese common name) kogome-inu-no-fuguri (コゴメイヌノフグリ, 小米犬陰嚢 [meaning: tiny rice testicles of dogs])
(English common name) glandular speedwell, pale speedwell
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (mainly Kanto region)
(Other nations) [native] Europa
Habitat Feilds, roadside
Chromosomal number 2n=18, 36, 54
Description Plants 10-20cm tall. Leaves 0.5-1.5cm long, 0.5-1cm wide, petioles 0.5-2cm long. Flowers pedicels ca. 1-2cm long, calyx lobe ca. 3mm long, white corollas ca. 5mm across, flowering in March to April. Fruits ca. 6mm across. Winter annual plants.
Reference Veronica cymbalaria Bodard
Veronica cymbalaria Bodard
Note Naturalized plants (first cultivated at Koishikawa Botanical Garden in 1970)



February 2007
at Koishikawa Botanical Garden
February 2007
at Koishikawa Botanical Garden
February 2007
at Koishikawa Botanical Garden



February 2007
at Koishikawa Botanical Garden
February 2007
at Koishikawa Botanical Garden