About Veronica syriaca Roem. & Schult.
Veronica syriaca Roem. & Schult. is an annual pubescent-glandular plant that reaches 10–30 centimetres (4–12 inches) in height. Its leaves are ovate, and have either crenulate or dentate margins. It blooms from January to May, and its flowers grow in loose racemes. The plant's bracts are linear and entire. Its pedicels are filiform, spreading-erect, and sometimes recurved at the apex. Calyx lobes are ovate-lanceolate, and measure 2–3 millimetres (1⁄16–1⁄8 inch). The corolla is blue and white, with a diameter of 8–15 mm (3⁄8–5⁄8 inch). This species is distributed across Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and Turkey. In Lebanon, it grows on the coast, lower and middle mountains, and the eastern slope of Beqaa, Hennon. It can be found growing in fields and gardens.
