Veronica arvensis L.

Spice Flower detail

Family: SCROPHULARIACEAE

Genus: Veronica

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Some regions

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Therophytic calicole fields. Therophytics communities.

Characteristics: A small herb from fields and roadsides; produces a terminal raceme with very small flowers, some 2-3 mm in diameter and blue in colour. The flower dimensions and the opposite leaves distinguish it from Veronica persica or Veronica polita. Flowers at the beginning of the spring.