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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Veronica persica
|accepted_authority=Poiret
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl.
|place=8: 542. 1808
|year=1808
}}
|common_names=Large field or bird's-eye speedwell;véronique de Perse
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Veronica persica var. aschersoniana
|authority=(E. B. J. Lehmann) Drabble & J. E. Little
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=V. persica var. corrensiana
|authority=(E. B. J. Lehmann) Stroh
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=V. tournefortii subsp. aschersoniana
|authority=E. B. J. Lehmann
|rank=subspecies
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=V. tournefortii subsp. corrensiana
|authority=E. B. J. Lehmann
|rank=subspecies
}}
|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Veronica;Veronica persica
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Plantaginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Veronica]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Veronica persica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 305, 307, 320
|treatment_page=page 319
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Annuals.</b> Stems creeping to decumbent, 10–50(–60) cm, eglandular-hairy. <b>Leaves</b>: blade suborbiculate, broadly ovate, or broadly lanceolate, (6–)9–18(–30) × (5–)8–15(–20) mm, base truncate, margins serrate, apex acute, surfaces sparsely eglandular-hairy. <b>Racemes</b> 1–6, terminal, 100–500(–600) mm, 5–30-flowered, axis eglandular-hairy; bracts suborbiculate or broadly ovate or broadly lanceolate, (6–)9–18(–25) mm. <b>Pedicels</b> spreading, deflexed in fruit, (12–)15–27(–38) mm, length 1–2(–3) times subtending bract, densely eglandular-hairy. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes (4.5–)5.5–8(–9.5) mm, (1.7–)2.4–3.6(–4.2) mm wide, apex acuminate, eglandular-hairy; corolla intense bright blue, 8–14 mm diam.; stamens 1.2 mm; style (1.5–)2–2.8(–3.2) mm. <b>Capsules</b> compressed in cross section, broadly obcordiform, 4–6 × (5–)6–8.5(–9.5) mm, apex acute, sinus angle (80–)90–120(–150)°, reticulate with prominent veins, ± sparsely to densely eglandular- and/or glandular-hairy or glabrate. <b>Seeds</b> (10–)12–18(–20), pale brownish yellow, ellipsoid to globular, cymbiform, (1.3–)1.4–2.3(–2.5) × (0.8–)0.9–1.6(–1.9) mm, 0.5–1 mm thick, cristate-rugose. <b>2n</b> = 28.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (Jan–)Apr–Jul(–Dec).
|habitat=Roadsides, lawns, fields, waste places.
|elevation=0–500(–2000) m.
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.W.T.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Alaska;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;sw Asia;introduced also in Mexico (Michoacán;Veracruz);Central America;South America;Eurasia;e Asia;Africa;Atlantic Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>The names <i>Veronica</i> buxbaumii Tenore and V. tournefortii C. C. Gmelin (not V. ×tournefortii Villars) have been used for <i>V. persica</i>.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Veronica persica
|authority=Poiret
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Veronica persica var. aschersoniana;V. persica var. corrensiana;V. tournefortii subsp. aschersoniana;V. tournefortii subsp. corrensiana
|basionyms=
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering (Jan–)Apr–Jul(–Dec).
|habitat=Roadsides, lawns, fields, waste places.
|elevation=0–500(–2000) m.
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.W.T.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Alaska;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;sw Asia;introduced also in Mexico (Michoacán;Veracruz);Central America;South America;Eurasia;e Asia;Africa;Atlantic Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl.
|publication year=1808
|special status=Introduced;Illustrated
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|genus=Veronica
|species=Veronica persica
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