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Veronica persica (bird-eye speedwell; birdeye speedwell; Persian speedwell; birdseye speedwell; winter speedwell)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Veronica persica (common names: birdeye speedwell, common field-speedwell, Persian speedwell, large field speedwell, bird's-eye, or winter speedwell) (Persian: سیزاب ایرانی‎‎) is a flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae. It is native to Eurasia and is widespread as an introduced species in the British Isles (where it was first recorded in 1825), North America, and eastern Asia, including Japan and Taiwan.
View Wikipedia Record: Veronica persica

Infraspecies

Veronica persica var. aschersoniana
Veronica persica var. kochiana
Veronica persica var. persica

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Bee Flower Color [2]  UV-Blue
Fruit Color [2]  Blue
Height [3]  12 inches (.3 m)
Lifespan [3]  Annual
Structure [5]  Herb
Light Preference [4]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [4]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [4]  Rich
Soil Moisture [4]  Moist

Protected Areas

Predators

Graphania ustistriga[6]

Providers

Pollinated by 
Apis mellifera (honey bee)[7]
Meliscaeva auricollis[7]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Peronospora agrestis[7]
Peronospora grisea[7]
Podosphaera fuliginea[7]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW, Chittka L, 2010 FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287.
♦ 3PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish Plants: Status, Size, Life History, Geography and Habitats, M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & D. B. Roy, Biological Records Centre, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2004)
♦ 4ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
♦ 5Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 6New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
♦ 7Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0