Common Name: corn speedwellScientific Name: Veronica arvensisFamily Name: Scrophulariaceae - Figwort FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced winter annual, reproducing by seed Stemsspreading or upright, upright at flowering, softly haired Leaveslower opposite, round to ovate, round-toothed margin, petioled; upper alternate, lanceolate to linear, sessile; all leaves hairy Flowers4-petaled, violet-blue to blue, short stalked; petals - lateral (2) and apical larger than lower; solitary, axillary Seed Podsheart-shaped, hairy, notched top, short style