Veronica persica is listed from Nepal in 'Enumeration of Flowering Plants of Nepal' but only 1 record from 1500m in Central Nepal. This species is known from W&C Asia and the Himalaya but introduced to E.Asia & America. * Given its propensity to spread*, it may well be more widespread in Nepal 40 years on from the publication of the Enumeration and much of that was based upon collections made in the 1950s.
Stewart found this Speedwell to be very common in Kashmir @ 1600-2800m. Flora Simlensis does not list this species. Flowers of Himalaya does list it as a cornfield weed, common @ 1500-2800m from Pakistan to Central Nepal. In the UK it is known as 'Buxbaum's Speedwell' - considered to be introduced, first recorded in 1825. Now common in cultivated land throughout the British Isles and has become the commonest species of the genus in this habitat. I photographed what I understand to be this species in a churchyard in the UK last year. Would be useful to post a selection of these images to have for reference purposes on this data-base, always bearing in mind that the UK variant of a species may be slightly different to form(s) found in the Himalaya - even though there are several postings on the site under this name already. The images I have are close-ups which help view/understand the differences been the species. There were 15 species of Veronica listed for Nepal. *So without CLOSELY checking this may well be correctly identified but the images of the leaves are not in good close-up and it is hard to be certain. According to the Key in 'Enumeration..' above, it appears to have the main stem terminating in the inflorescence/flowers; then flowers from axils of alternate leaves (or leaf-like bracts); then stems creeping, ascending in the upper part, leaves petiolate, ovate to orbicular-ovate, obtuse, crenate-serrate. I THINK I can detect these characteristics but cannot see the sepals. So close-ups of the foliage, undersides of flowers which reveal shape of sepals and habit views which would better show the petiolate leaves etc.* On Monday, January 2, 2017 at 2:51:42 PM UTC, Saroj Kumar Kasaju wrote: > Dear Members, > > Location: Godawari Botanical Garden, Nepal > Altitude: 5000 ft. > Date: 21 February 2015 > > > Thank you. > > Saroj Kasaju > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
