Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Veronica persica
verónica, chanchalagua, bird's eye speedwell, persian speedwell, winter speedwell
Family changed from Scrophulariaceae to Plantaginaceae (June 18th 2021, Patricia Jaramillo & María del Mar Trigo)
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Scrophulariales
Family
Plantaginaceae
Genus
Veronica
Species
persica
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Veronica meskhetica Kem. Nath. and Veronica precox Raf., The Plant List (2010) as Veronica buxbaumii Ten.
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1977
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
- Jørgensen, P.M. León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999) Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, 1181 pp.
- Lawesson, J.E. Adsersen, H. & Bentley, P. (1987) An updated and annotated check list of the vascular plants of the Galapagos islands. Rept. Bot. Inst., Univ. Aarhus 16: 1-74.
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Veronica persica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=755. Accessed 3 April 2026.