Bird's-eye
Veronica persica Poir.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 15 cm
- wide
- 20 cm
Plantaginaceae
Also called Birdeye speedwell, Common field-speedwell, Large field Speedwell, Persian speedwell
Formerly Cardia filiformis, Pocilla persica, Veronica alpiphila, Veronica areolata, and 5 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- AnnualKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Caucasus to N. IranKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 10 cm to 20 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 10 cm to 30 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, purple, blueRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Chinese
- 肾子草, 波斯婆婆纳, 灯笼婆婆纳
- Arabic
- زهرة الحواشي الفارسية
- Asturian
- meruxa
- Azerbaijani
- Veronica byzantina, Veronica tournefortii
- Czech
- rozrazil perský
- Welsh
- Rhwyddlwyn y maes
- Danish
- Storkronet Ærenpris
- German
- Persischer Ehrenpreis
- Estonian
- Pärsia mailane
- Persian
- سیزاب ایرانی
- Finnish
- persiantädyke
- French
- Véronique commune, Veronique de Perse, véronique de perse
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Veronica persica (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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