Veronica Arvensis (Corn Speedwell) 立ち犬の殖栗（タチイヌノフグリ）

Japanese follows English. 英語の後に日本語が続きます。

They're Veronica arvensis or more commonly wall speedwell or corn speedwell. With this Veronica, I've been able to see all three Veronica brothers this year.    

As I've written many times, the three have terrible (but funny) Japanese names, which were given by Dr. Tomitaro Makino, a late Japanese botanist: 

• Veronica polita (grey field-speedwell): "Dog's balls" due to the shape of its fruit
• Veronica persica (Persian speedwell): "Large dog's balls" because it resembles but is larger than polita
• Veronica arvensis (corn speedwell): "Standing dog's balls" because it resembles polita and its stems stand upright

P.S. Several days after taking the photos of these corn speedwells, I went there again, finding them all removed. I love them but for others, they obviously are just weeds that should be eliminated...       

Veronica arvensis 立ち犬の殖栗

Corn speedwell タチイヌノフグリ

 

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立ち犬の殖栗（タチイヌノフグリ）です。今年も「殖栗（フグリ）」3兄弟（タチイヌノフグリ、オオイヌノフグリ、イヌノフグリ）と会うことができました。どれも可愛いですね。写真のピントがぼけていて今一つ気に入らず、数日後撮り直しに行ったら全部駆除されていました。やはり雑草にしか過ぎないんですね｡｡｡

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