Veronica syriaca explained

Veronica syriaca, the Syrian speedwell, is a flowering plant species in the family Plantaginaceae. The generic name of this flower is of unknown origin. Some think it is a distortion of betonica, the Latin name of a species of Labiates; others consider that it refers to Saint Veronica who handed a cloth to Christ to wipe the perspiration from his face.[1]

Description

Annual. pubescent-glandular, 10–30 cm. Leaves ovate, crenulate or dentate.Flowers in loose racemes. Bracts linear, entire. Pedicels filiform, spreading-erect, sometimes recurved at apex. Calyx lobes ovate-Ianceolate, 2–3 mm. Corolla blue and white, 8–15 mm in diameter.

Flowering

January–May.

Distribution and habitat

Fields, gardens. Coast, lower and middle mountains, eastern slope, Beqaa of Lebanon, Hennon.Syria and Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Iraq, Turkey.

References

Notes and References

  1. Mustapha Nehmeh, Wild Flowers Of Lebanon, National Council For Scientific Research,1978,page 214.