This is Veronica polita or grey field-speedwell. I've been wanting to see it since I saw Veronica persica or commonly Persian speedwell last year.
I've been longing to see grey field-speedwell because of the tininess of the flower, which is 3-4 mm in diameter, smaller than Persian speedwell's, and its terrible Japanese name of "Dog balls." Grey field-speedwell was named as such by Tomitaro Makino (1862 - 1957) because the fruits look like the balls of a dog. Now that I've seen the flowers, I want to see the fruits!
Tomitaro Makino is a Japanese botanist. He dropped out of elementary school after two years, but studied botany on his own and eventually received a Doctor of Science degree from the Tokyo University.
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| Veronica polita 犬の殖栗 |
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| Grey field-speedwell イヌノフグリ |
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| The fruits look like the balls of a dog... 実の形が名前の由来 |
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犬の陰嚢（イヌノフグリ）です。去年オオイヌノフグリを見て以来いつか｡｡｡と思っていたのですが、先日ついに発見！ホントにちっちゃいです（3ミリぐらいかな？）。胡瓜草の横に生えてたのを偶然見つけました。キュウリグサのお導きです。
イヌノフグリの花は見ることができました。次は名前の由来である実です。
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