Plant Details

Accepted name:: Veronica peregrina 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:
hairy purslane speedwell	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
veronica	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
仙桃草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 21 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Veronica peregrina subsp. xalapensis (Kunth) Pennell Monogr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1: 342 (1935).
Veronica carnosula Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 47 (1791).
Veronica caroliniana Walter Fl. Carol.: 61 (1788).
Veronica chillensis Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 390 (1818).
Veronica laevis Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 444 (1779).
Veronica marilandica Murray Commentat. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. 1782: 11 (1782), nom. illeg.
Veronica maximowicziana Vorosch. Byull. Glavn. Bot. Sada 68: 48 (1968).
Veronica pallescens Gaterau Desc. Pl. Montauban: 27 (1789).
Veronica peregrina subsp. asiatica Elenevsky Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol. 79(4): 144 (1975).
Veronica peregrina var. laurentiana Vict. & J.Rousseau Contr. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montréal 36: 46 (1940).
Veronica peregrina var. pubescens Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 54: 467 (1940).
Veronica peregrina var. romana (L.) Dumort. Fl. Belg.: 35 (1827).
Veronica peregrina var. subserrata Rchb. Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 1: 34 (1823).
Veronica peregrina subsp. typica Pennell Monogr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1: 337 (1935), not validly publ.
Veronica peregrina var. xalapensis (Kunth) H.St.John N. W. Sci. 2(3): 90 (1928).
Veronica peregrina xalapensis (Kunth) Pennell Torreya 19: 167 (1919).
Veronica peregrina f. xalapensis (Kunth) Kitag. Neolin. Fl. Manshur.: 573 (1979).
Veronica peruviana Willd. ex A.Dietr. Sp. Pl., ed. 6. 1: 534 (1831).
Veronica romana L. Sp. Pl.: 14 (1753).
Veronica sherwoodii Peck Torreya 28: 56 (1928).
Veronica xalapensis Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 389 (1818).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Veronica peregrina	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Veronica peregrina L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Veronica peregrina L. subsp. xalapensis (Kunth) Pennell	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Veronica peregrina ssp. xalapensis (Kunth) Pennell	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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