Veronica persica Poir., 1808

Common names

🇬🇧 Common Field-speedwell
🇫🇷 Véronique de Perse

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Clade: Asterids
Clade: Lamiids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Tribe: Veroniceae
Genus: Veronica
Species: Veronica persica

Presence

Introduced.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable

Notes

Hybridizes with:

V. agrestis L., 1753 to produce V. × wiesbauriana J.Schust., 1905, P;
V. opaca Fr., 1819 to produce V. × macrosperma J.Schust., 1905, P.

Photographs

img/veronica-persica.webp — Veronica persica

img/veronica-persica-2.webp — Veronica persica

img/veronica-persica-3.webp — Veronica persica

img/veronica-persica-4.webp — Veronica persica - Leaves

img/veronica-persica-5.webp — Veronica persica - Flower close-up

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 897). Biotope.