Veronica persica Poir.

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Veronica persica

Photo: Bart Wursten
Metcalf Rd, Greendale

Veronica persica

Photo: Mark Hyde
Carsberg Avenue, New Alexandra Park

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Synonyms: Veronica buxbaumii Ten. non Schmidt
Common names: Buxbaum's speedwell (English) Common field speedwell (English)
Frequency: Rare
Status: Introduced
Description:
Annual herb, with decumbent branches, 10-40 cm long. Leaves 1-3 cm, triangular-ovate, coarsely crenate-serrate; petiole short. Pedicels up to 40 mm, longer than the leaves. Corolla 8-12 mm in diameter, bright blue, the lower lobe often paler or white. Capsule 2-lobed, the lobes widely divergent, so that the capsule is nearly twice as long as wide.
Type location:
Notes: It was first recorded near the Honeydew Farm in Harare in September 1986 and has persisted in the same location.
Derivation of specific name:
Habitat: Weed of roadsides and cultivation
Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time:All year.
Worldwide distribution: A species originally from W. Asia and occurring throughout Europe.
FZ divisions: C
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Literature:

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 79. Under Scrophulariaceae


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External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Veronica persica
African Plant Database: Veronica persica
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Veronica persica
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Veronica persica
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Veronica persica
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Veronica persica
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Veronica persica
JSTOR Plant Science: Veronica persica
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Veronica persica
Plants of the World Online: Veronica persica
Tropicos: Veronica persica
Wikipedia: Veronica persica


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Veronica persica.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=151720, retrieved 14 July 2025

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