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Veronica persica (Common Field Speedwell) |
Veronica persica (PLANTAGINACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Veronica persica Poiret
Published in Poiret in Lam., Encycl. Méth. Bot. 8: 542 (1808) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Plantaginaceae
Juss. (The Plantain Family)
33 species from the Plantaginaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Common Field Speedwell, Persian Speedwell | Maltese name(s) : | Maltese name not known | Status for Malta : | Species that was introduced in Malta after year 1492 and spreads to form established, non-invasive populations. It may become become invasive | Frequency : | Data not available - casual in the wild as a garden/field escape | Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: THEROPHYTE (annuals)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Feb-Apr | Colour of Flowers: | Blue or Violet |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Cultivated ground. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Pubescent. Stems (5)10-60 cm, procumbent. Leaves 5-25 mm, shortly petiolate, broadly ovate with more or less truncate base, mostly alternate but the lowest opposite. Flowers solitary in leaf-axils; pedicels 5-30 mm, recurved in fruit and much exceeding the subtending leaf. Calyx-segments (4-)6-7 mm, ovate-lanceolate, not or only slightly overlapping at base; corolla 8-12 mm in diameter, blue. Capsule 4-5 x 7-10 mm, 2-lobed, with very divergent lobes and wide, shallow sinus, strongly keeled, with eglandular hairs on sides and long glandular hairs on keel; style 2.5-3 mm, much exceeding the sinus. Seeds c. 1.75 x 1.25 mm, broadly elliptical, concave on one face. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=28 |
Distributional range: |
Naturalized almost throughout Europe. |
Native region outside Europe: |
(S.W. Asia.) |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Introduced in All except Faroe Islands, Russia and former USSR, Svalbard archipelago |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
AE(G) Ag Ar Bl(M) By Cs Cy Eg Es Hs(S) Ir Jo La Le Lt Ma Mo Rf(C E K N NW S) Si(S) Sr Tu(A) [Au(A) dAz Az(F G J L M P S T) Ca(C G T) Co Ct Fe Ga(F) Ge Hb(E) He Is dLu Md(M) Po Rm Sk Sl Su Uk] |
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