Veronica persica Poiret

Spice In the field

Family: SCROPHULARIACEAE

Genus: Veronica

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Cosmopolitan and subcosmopolitan

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Therophytic calicole fields. Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones.

Characteristics: A small herb from fields and roadsides; flowers are relatively large (up to 1 cm in diameter), an intense blue colour with four petals, one of them slightly smaller than the others. Can be told apart from Veronica polita and Veronica arvensis, as these two species have smaller flowers, additionally, Veronica arvensis has opposite instead of alternate leaves.