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Veronica persica

Poir.
Tracheophyta » Lamiales » Plantaginaceae » Veronica persica
Ηabitat
I1 Arable
Global distribution

Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia), Cyprus (C-Mountains), East Aegaean Isl., Rhodos, Egypt (NW-coastal Egypt), European Turkey, Iran (EC-Iran, N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, W-Iran), Iraq (NE-Iraq), Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel), Lebanon (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon), Syria (NW-Syria), Yemen (N-Inner Yemen, W-Yemen), Afghanistan (Baghlan, Kabul, Kandahar, Kunar / Nuristan, Laghman, Wardak, Nangarhar, Takhar), Pakistan (Baluchistan, Kurram, Chitral, Drosh, Swat, Peshawar, Hazara, Murree), Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir), Pakistani Kashmir (Gilgit), Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Azores (I) (Santa Maria Isl. (I), Sao Miguel Isl. (I), Terceira (I), Graciosa (I), Sao Jorge (I), Pico (I), Faial (I), Flores Isl. (I)), Madeira (I) (Madeira Isl. (I)), Canary Isl. (I) (Gran Canaria (I), Tenerife (I), La Gomera (I)), Albania (I), Austria (I), Belgium (I), Baleares (I), England (I), Bulgaria (I), Corsica (I), Crete (I), Czech Republic (I), Slovakia (I), Denmark (I), Finland (I), France (I), Germany (I), Greece (I), Ireland (I), Switzerland (I), Netherlands (I), Andorra (I), Spain (I), Gibraltar (I), Hungary (I), Iceland (I), Italy (I), Serbia & Kosovo (I), Montenegro (I), Macedonia (I), Slovenia (I), Croatia (I), Bosnia & Hercegovina (I), Portugal (I), Malta (I), Norway (I), Poland (I), Romania (I), Sardinia (I), Sicily (I), Scandinavia (I), Sweden (I), Crimea (I), European Russia (I), Belarus (I), Ukraine (I), Estonia (I), Latvia (I), Lithuania (I), Northern Caucasus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia [Caucasus], Russian Far East (I), China (I) (Anhui (I), Fujian (I), Guangxi (I), Guizhou (I), Hubei (I), Hunan (I), Jiangsu (I), Jiangxi (I), Xinjiang (I), Yunnan (I), Zhejiang (I)), Taiwan (I), Tibet (I)), Korea (I), Japan (I), Australia (I) (Western Australia (I), South Australia (I), Queensland (I), New South Wales (I), Victoria (I), Tasmania (I)), Algeria (I), Jamaica (I), Panama (I), Costa Rica (I), Guatemala (I), Peru (I), South Africa (I) (widespread), Lesotho (I), Lord Howe Isl. (I), Norfolk Isl. (I), Chatham Isl. (I), South Georgia Isl. (I), Auckland Isl. (I), trop. Africa (I), Zimbabwe (I), Ethiopia (I), Eritrea (I), Ecuador (I), Chile (I), Juan Fdz. Isl. (I), Argentina (I), Brazil (I), Venezuela (I), Uruguay (I), Colombia (I), Bolivia (I), Mexico (I), Mauritius (I), Bhutan (I), India (I), Sri Lanka (I), Nepal (I), Alaska (I), USA (I) (Alabama (I), Arkansas (I), Arizona (I), California (I), Colorado (I), Connecticut (I), District of Columbia (I), Delaware (I), Florida (I), Georgia (I), Iowa (I), Idaho (I), Illinois (I), Indiana (I), Kansas (I), Kentucky (I), Louisiana (I), Massachusetts (I), Maryland (I), Maine (I), Michigan (I), Minnesota (I), Missouri (I), Mississippi (I), Montana (I), North Carolina (I), Nebraska (I), New Hampshire (I), New Jersey (I), New Mexico (I), Nevada (I), New York (I), Ohio (I), Oklahoma (I), Oregon (I), Pennsylvania (I), Rhode Island (I), South Carolina (I), South Dakota (I), Tennessee (I), Texas (I), Utah (I), Virginia (I), Vermont (I), Washington State (I), Wisconsin (I), West Virginia (I), Wyoming (I)), Canada (I) (Alberta (I), British Columbia (I), Manitoba (I), New Brunswick (I), Newfoundland (I), Nova Scotia (I), Ontario (I), Prince Edward Isl. (I), Quebec (I), Saskatchewan (I)), Greenland (I) 133905 0

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Naturalised invasive.

Impacts
Negative

Weed of agriculture.

Pathway
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Seed contaminant – Seed
Pathway detail

CBD pathways per EASIN (2023), excluding RELEASE IN NATURE: Other intentional release.

References

Meikle RD (1985) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 2.

Chrtek J, Slavík B (1993) Contribution to the flora of Cyprus. 2.  Flora Mediterranea 3: 239-259.

Alziar G (2000) Compte rendu du 4ème Iter Mediterraneum. Bocconea 11: 5-83.

EASIN (2023) European Commission Joint Research Centre: European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN). https://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology"
Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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