Syrian Speedwell / زهرة الحواشي السورية /

حويرة الدجاج / زهرة الحوش / زهرة الحَبق / فيرونِكَة سورية /

Veronica syriaca Roem. & Schult.

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Edibility and usage

Edibility

Unknown

Blooming period

January to April

Seed collection period

May to June

Description

Perenniality

Annual

Petal colour

Purple

Leaf type

Entire

Life form

Annual

Scientifc data

Genus

Veronica L.

Family

Plantaginaceae

Wikidata item

Q6570328

GBIF Item

Veronica syriaca Roem. & Schult. (7331684)

References

Machaka Houri, N., Houri, A.(2014). Wild Flowers of Lebanon with Special Focus on Key Biodiversity Areas.Beirut:Chemaly & Chemaly.(English and Arabic)
Veronica syriaca Roem. & Schult. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-03-22.(English)
Mashjar Juthour.(2017). Palestinian Wildflower Pocket Guide(English and Arabic)
Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.

Citation

Veronica syriaca Roem. & Schult. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/715 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.