Annual id

Discussion in 'Plants: Identification' started by nitrogeninthesoil, Jan 30, 2024.

  1. nitrogeninthesoil

    nitrogeninthesoil Active Member 10 Years

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    Hello.

    An annual is invading my property and I can’t for the life of me figure out what it is. Can you id this? It started germinating this January. The property is on a ridge in the blue ridge mountains (VA) and it is normally quite cold in winter so not sure if germination was triggered by very warm temps we’ve had recently. I cleared a whole area of this plant but there were still many seeds in soil.

    Thanks for id!
     

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  2. DerekK

    DerekK Active Member

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    I think this is one of the Speedwells, probably Ivy-leaved Speedwell Veronica hederifolia, a native of Eurasia.
     
  3. nitrogeninthesoil

    nitrogeninthesoil Active Member 10 Years

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    Thank you so much for id! You are right…it is that one. Too bad, flowers are so pretty! But it is so invasive! Back to weeding.

    Thanks again.
     

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