GREEN FIELD-SPEEDWELL
Veronica agrestis
Plantain Family [Plantaginaceae] 
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| Photo: (CC by 2.0) Geoff Toone |
Here the flowers are unopened and usually smaller than those of Common Field-speewell(3 to 8mm across for Green Field-speedwell but 8 to 12mm across for Common Field-speewell) |
| Photo: (CC by 2.0) Geoff Toone |
| The leaves here are untoothed but they can also be toothed on Green Field-speedwell. |
| Photo: © Mike Baldwin |
| Photo: © Mike Baldwin |
| Photo: © Bastiaan Brak |
| Photo: © Mike Baldwin |
| Photo: © Bastiaan Brak |
| Photo: © Bastiaan Brak |
It is very like Common Field-speedwell but the flowers are usually both paler and smaller. The length of the flower stalk is shorter on Green Field-speedwell.
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| Photo: © Bastiaan Brak |
Green Field-Speedwell |
| Photo: © Bastiaan Brak |
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It is best distinguished between the two by the attitude of the two side-by-side fruits
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| Photo: © Mike Baldwin |
| Unlike Common Field-speedwell the stems have hairs which curl away and directed in the same direction. |
| Photo: © Mike Baldwin |
| Hairs curling away from the photographer (in this instance) - a few being much longer than the rest. |
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Easily confused with : Common Field-Speedwell (Veronica persica) Green Field-speedwell is an Archaeophyte, an ancient introduced species, to be found on cultivated ground, garden allotments and arable fields on usually acidic but well-drained soils and occurs frequently throughout most of the British Isles, but is now declining. It grows at altitudes between 0 and 455m above sea level.
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 Veronica
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agrestis
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⇐ Global Aspect ⇒ |
Plantaginaceae
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 Veronica (Speedwells) |
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Plantain Family [Plantaginaceae]
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