Syrian Speedwell / زهرة الحواشي السورية

زهرة الحَبق / زهرة الحوش / فيرونِكَة سورية / حويرة الدجاج

Veronica syriaca Roem. & Schult.

Flower, February. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0 License.

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

  1. Machaka Houri, N., Houri, A.(2014). Wild Flowers of Lebanon with Special Focus on Key Biodiversity Areas.Beirut:Chemaly & Chemaly.(English and Arabic)
  2. Mashjar Juthour.(2017). Palestinian Wildflower Pocket Guide(English and Arabic)
  3. 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)
  4. 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.

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