Intro: Creeping to semi-erect annual of lawns, roadsides and other disturbed areas. Native of Europe.

Stems: Stems branched from below, hairy.

Leaves: Leaves mostly opposite, short-petiolate or sessile, oval to nearly round, 1/4-1/2 in. long, blunt-toothed and hairy.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers solitary and sessile in leaf axils, blue with darker lines, about 1/8 in. wide, bilaterally symmetric, consisting of 4 petals, 3 of which are about equal and the fourth smaller. 2 stamens with white anthers and a single style protrude from the tiny, pale center.

Fruits: Fruit a tiny, heart-shaped capsule.

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Height: 2-8 in.

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description: Creeping to semi-erect annual of lawns, roadsides and other disturbed areas. Native of Europe.

stems: Stems branched from below, hairy.

leaves: Leaves mostly opposite, short-petiolate or sessile, oval to nearly round, 1/4-1/2 in. long, blunt-toothed and hairy.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers solitary and sessile in leaf axils, blue with darker lines, about 1/8 in. wide, bilaterally symmetric, consisting of 4 petals, 3 of which are about equal and the fourth smaller. 2 stamens with white anthers and a single style protrude from the tiny, pale center.

fruits: Fruit a tiny, heart-shaped capsule.

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