Taxon: Veronica persica Poir.

• the 2 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• bird's-eye   (Source: F Canada ) – English
  
• bird-eye speedwell   (Source: Glea Cron ed2 ) – English
  
• common field speedwell   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• creeping speedwell   (Source: F Victoria ) – English
  
• creeping veronica   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• Persian speedwell   (Source: WorldWeeds 914. 1997) – English
  
• a la bo po po na   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• véronique de Perse   (Source: WorldWeeds 914. 1997) – French
  
• ō-inu-no-fuguri   (Source: F Japan ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• verônica-pérsica   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• trädgårdsveronika   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Geigy Weed Tables. 1968)
  

Distributional range:

• widely naturalized weed, especially in temperate regions

• probable origin s.w. Asia

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Black, J. M. 1943–1957. Flora of Southern Australia, ed. 2.
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45.
• CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. 1974. The CIBA-GEIGY Weed Tables.
• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas.
• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora.
• Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR).
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Fernández-Alonso, J. L. 2001. El género Veronica L. (Scrophulariaceae) en Colombia. Caldasia 23:105.
• Foreman, D. B. & N. G. Walsh. 1993–. Flora of Victoria.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2.
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
• Harden, G. J., ed. 1990–1993. Flora of New South Wales.
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
• Hinds, H. R. 2000. Flora of New Brunswick, ed. 2.
• Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955–1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest.
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds.
• Holm, L. et al. 1997. World weeds: natural histories and distribution.
• Huang, S. F. & T. C. Huang. 1994. Notes on the flora of Taiwan (15) - the Veronica L. (Scrophulariaceae). Taiwania 38:14.
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan.
• Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. 1931–1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc.
• Jiangsu Inst. Bot., ed. v. 1; Shan. R. H., ed. v. 2. 1977–1982. Jiangsu Zhiwuzhi (Flora of Jiangsu).
• Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
• Marchant, N. G. et al. 1987. Flora of the Perth Region.
• Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catalogo de la flora vascular de Chile.
• Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
• Meikle, R. D. 1977–1985. Flora of Cyprus.
• Moss, E. H. & J. G. Packer. 1983. Flora of Alberta, ed. 2.
• Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
• Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967–. The vascular flora of Ohio.
• Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. [lists as V. persica All.].
• Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• Reitz, R., ed. 1965–. Flora ilustrada catarinense.
• Rollins, R. C. & I. A. Al-Shehbaz. 1986. Weeds of south-west Asia in North America with special reference to the Cruciferae. Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 89B:298. [mentions as a probable hybrid].
• Romero A., M. M. & H. Klempau K. 1981. El genero Veronica L. (Scrophulariaceae) en Chile. Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Valparaiso 14:87.
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
• Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert.
• Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' flora of Egypt, ed. 2.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource).
• Welsh, S. L. 1974. Anderson's flora of Alaska and adjacent parts of Canada. [lists as V. persica Poir. ex Lam.].
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
• Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida.
• Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina.
• Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74., 1999

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Veronica persica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Veronica persica.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Veronica persica.

Synonyms:

• (=) Veronica agrestis var. byzantina Sm.
  
• (=) Veronica byzantina (Sibth. & Sm.) Britton et al.
  
• (=) Veronica tournefortii C. C. Gmel.
  

Check other web resources for Veronica persica Poir.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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