Veronica javanica Bl.

Annuals or biennials, 10-30 cm tall, pubescent with multicellular hairs. Stems branched at base, main stems erect or asending, lateral branches procumbent-ascending. Petiole 1-7 mm; leaf blade ovate to ovate-triangular, 1-4 X 0.7-3 cm, base shallowly cordate to truncate, margin deeply incised dentate, apex obtuse. Racemes axillary, short and subcorymbose at anthesis, elongated and to 10 cm in fruit; bracts linear to oblanceolate, 4-6 mm. Pedicel much shorter than bract. Calyx 4-lobed; lobes linear-elliptic, 2-5 mm, subequal. Corolla white, pink, or red-purple, rotate, ca. 2 mm; tube less than 1.5 mm; throat hairy. Stamens ca. 1/2 as long as corolla. Capsule obcordate, strongly compressed, 2-3 X 3-4 mm, ciliate, base broadly cuneate or rounded, notch ca. 1/3 of capsule length. Style 0.3-0.5 mm. Seeds 2-10 per locule, flattened, slightly convex, ca. 0.5 mm. Fl. Feb-Apr.

Tropical Africa, Himalaya (Nepal to Bhutan), Assam, east to S. China and S. Japan, Malaysia, S. America.

Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, S Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, S Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Sikkim, Vietnam; Africa].

1200-2600 m

Trailsides, mountain slopes, by streams; below 2300 m.

Veronica murorum Maximowicz.

Veronica javanica là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Mã đề. Loài này được Blume miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1826.

爪哇水苦荬（学名：Veronica javanica）为車前草科婆婆纳属下的一个种。