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Crested Field Speedwell

Veronica crista-galli

Also called Cock's Crest Speedwell

Crested Field Speedwell
Photo: Jamie O'Neill, CC BY 4.0
Family
Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
E. Caucasus to N. Iran
Climate
temperate

About

Veronica crista-galli, the crested field-speedwell, is an annual flower in the family Plantaginaceae native from Iran north to the North Caucasus.

Where it grows

Its native range is Iran, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, and is introduced in the British Isles where it inhabits cultivated and rough ground and waste places.

Other Veronica plants

Speedwell · Veronica pimeleoides · Veronica sect. Hebe · French Speedwell · Green field speedwell · Veronica Recurva · Alpine speedwell · American speedwell · Water speedwell · Leafless-stemmed speedwell · Veronica arcuata · Veronica arenaria

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Veronica crista-galli by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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