Veronica persicaPoiret - Bird's-eye Speedwell
Scientific Description:
Usually larger than Veronica polita Fr. from which it differs by the following characters: stems 10−50 cm, sometimes rooting at base (plant ± perennial); petiole 1−8 mm; lamina 10−20 × 9−18 mm, brighter green, ultimately blackish when dry, never subglabrous nor shining, hairs more robust; margin crenate-serrate, not revolute; pedicels 15−22 mm, 1−2 × bracts, with longer spreading hairs. Calyx lobes lanceolate to elliptic, 5−6 × 2.2−5 mm in fruit, scarcely overlapping laterally, remaining herbaceous. Corolla blue, 8−14 mm diam.; style 1. 8−3 mm. Capsule compressed, 4−6 × 8−10 mm, 2-lobed, veins prominent, keel distinct, sinus obtuse-angled, sparsely pubescent to glabrous, with or without glandular hairs; seeds c. 14−18, 1.6–2.2 × 1−1.5 mm, less distinctly cymbiform, more irregularly rugose-reticulate.
Flowering time: January−December.
Habitat: Cultivated land, banks, roadsides, waste places, s.l.−1700 m.
Reference:
Fischer MA (1978). Veronica persica Poiret, In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 6: 721.
Public Description:
Veronica persica, commonly known as “ bird’s-eye speedwell” or “ persian speedwell”, is native to Eurasia and is widespread as an introduced species in the British Isles, North America, and eastern Asia, including Japan and Taiwan. It is a perennial herbaceous plant which is less than 50 cm, with blue flowers. This plant, which mostly chooses dry, sandy or rocky soils in shaded areas, can be seen in flower all over the year.
References:
Anonymous 1 (2016). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_persica/,Accessed date: 23.09.2016.
Anonymous 2 (2016). http://turfid.ncsu.edu/csPagedPdField.aspx?PlantID=VERPE/,Accessed date: 23.09.2016.
Güner ED (2012). Veronica L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 677–684.