Plant Details

Accepted name:: Veronica arvensis L. [Plantaginaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
veronica arvense	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
veronica arvensis whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
直立婆婆纳	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
脾寒草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 43 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Agerella arvensis (L.) Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 17: 129 (1869).
Cardia arvensis (L.) Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 388 (1867).
Veronica acinifolia F.W.Schmidt Fl. Boëm. 1: 31 (1793), nom. illeg.
Veronica acinifolia var. brevipedunculata Pau Not. Bot. Fl. Españ. 6: 85 (1896).
Veronica arvensis var. atlantica Batt. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 28: 228 (1881).
Veronica arvensis balearica Sennen Bol. Soc. Ibér. Ci. Nat. 29: 86 (1930).
Veronica arvensis var. canescens Merino Brotéria, Sér. Bot. 12: 44 (1914).
Veronica arvensis f. congesta Caball. Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 5: 510 (1946).
Veronica arvensis var. demissa (Samp.) Cout. Fl. Portugal: 559 (1913).
Veronica arvensis var. erecta Klett & Richt. Fl. Leipzig: 22 (1830).
Veronica arvensis f. glandulosa Legrand Bull. Soc. Bot. France 30: 70 (1883).
Veronica arvensis f. microcarpa Pau Mem. Real Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 12: 370 (1924).
Veronica arvensis var. microphylla Merino Brotéria, Sér. Bot. 12: 44 (1914).
Veronica arvensis var. nana DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3. 3: 466 (1805).
Veronica arvensis subsp. pennellii Elenevsky Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol. 79(4): 143 (1974).
Veronica arvensis f. pilosissima P.Monts. Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 5: 346 (1957).
Veronica arvensis var. polyanthos (Thuill.) Mérat Nouv. Fl. Env. Paris: 7 (1812).
Veronica arvensis var. procumbens Schltdl. Fl. Berol. 1: 9 (1823).
Veronica arvensis var. pseudoarvensis (Tineo) Fiori in A.Fiori & al., Fl. Anal. Italia 4: 351 (1908).
Veronica arvensis subsp. pseudoarvensis (Tineo) H.Lindb. Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn., Ser. B, Opera Biol. 1(2): 140 (1932).
Veronica arvensis var. ramosa Wimm. & Grab. Fl. Siles. 1: 13 (1827).
Veronica arvensis var. reniformis (Raf.) Alph.Wood Class-book Bot.: 528 (1861).
Veronica arvensis var. rigida Vayr. Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 30: 557 (1902).
Veronica arvensis subsp. rubricaulis Marcet Bol. Real Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., Secc. Biol. 49: 230 (1951).
Veronica arvensis var. silvicola Lipsky Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 13: 229 (1894).
Veronica arvensis var. simplex Wimm. & Grab. Fl. Siles. 1: 13 (1827).
Veronica arvensis var. subsessilis Klett & Richt. Fl. Leipzig: 23 (1830).
Veronica brevipedunculata Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 119 (1782), opus utique oppr.
Veronica demissa Samp. Ann. Sci. Nat. (Oporto) 7: 117 (1900).
Veronica depressa Kit. ex Schult. Oestr. Fl., ed. 2, 1: 32 (1814).
Veronica hawaiensis H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 123 (1911).
Veronica hirsuta Lucé Topogr. Nachr. Oesel: 5 (1823), nom. illeg.
Veronica hirsuta Colenso Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 24: 393 (1891 publ. 1892), nom. illeg.
Veronica koeleri Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 1: 127 (1817).
Veronica longiracemosa Colenso Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 20: 203 (1887 publ. 1888).
Veronica nova Koeld. ex Roem. Collecteana: 306 (1810).
Veronica polyanthos Thuill. Fl. Env. Paris, ed. 2: 9 (1799).
Veronica polygonoides Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 47 (1791).
Veronica praecox var. macrocalyx Willk. Linnaea 40: 74 (1876).
Veronica pseudoarvensis Tineo Pl. Rar. Sicil., ed. 2.: 34 (1846).
Veronica racemifoliata Pérez Lara Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 11: 401 (1882).
Veronica reniformis Raf. Med. Repos., ser. 2, 5: 360 (1808).
Veronica verna var. polygonoides (Lam.) Rouy Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55: 172 (1908).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Veronica arvensis	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Veronica arvensis L.	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Veronica avvensis L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Verronica aruensis L.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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