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Veronica persica Poir.

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Veronica persica Poir., Encycl. 542 (1808)
Veronica persica Poir.

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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Poir.
Poir.
1808
542
ICN
Veronica persica Poir.
species
Veronica persica
The epithet persica means of Persia (now Iran).

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persica

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Veronica persica Poir.

Hairy, prostrate or semi-prostrate annual; stems many, decumbent, arising from near base, freely rooting at nodes, up to c. 70 cm long. Petioles to c. 1 cm long, usually shorter. Lamina 0.6-2.5 × 0.5-2 cm, ovate or broad-ovate, hairy, coarsely and irregularly crenate-serrate or serrate; base broad-cuneate, truncate or subcordate; apex obtuse to rounded. Fls axillary, solitary in axils of lvs similar to vegetative lvs; pedicels slender, > subtending lvs, to c. 4 cm long at fruiting, densely hairy. Calyx 5-7 mm long; lobes ovate-lanceolate to ± elliptic, ciliate, broad-cuneate to rounded at base, obtuse at apex. Corolla 10-15 mm diam.; 3 lobes bright blue; lowest lobe narrower, white to pale blue. Capsule c. 8 mm wide; lobes rounded, strongly divergent, sharply keeled, ± hairy. Seed broad-ellipsoid, strongly concave on 1 side, tuberculately ridged.

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Veronica areolata Colenso
Veronica persica Poir.
Veronica buxbaumii Ten.
Veronica persica Poir.
Veronica persica Poir.
Veronica persica Poir.
Veronica persica Poir.
Veronica persica Poir.
Veronica persica Poir.
Veronica tournefortii C.C.Gmel.
Veronica persica Poir.
Veronica tournefortii C.C.Gmel. 1805
Veronica persica Poir.

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Veronica persica Poir.
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Veronica persica Poir.
Australia
Veronica persica Poir.
France
Veronica persica Poir.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Veronica persica Poir.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Veronica persica Poir.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Veronica persica Poir.
New Zealand
Kermadec Islands
Veronica persica Poir.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Veronica persica Poir.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Veronica persica Poir.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Veronica persica Poir.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Veronica persica Poir.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Veronica persica Poir.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Veronica persica Poir.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Veronica persica Poir.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Veronica persica Poir.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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Etymology
The epithet persica means of Persia (now Iran).

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1 January 2000
5 January 2023
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