
لِسَان حَمَل كريت
Plantago cretica

Veronica persica
الفصيلة حملية · Plantaginaceae
© Ramy Maalouf 2020 - 2026
© Ramy Maalouf 2020 - 2026
© Ramy Maalouf 2020 - 2026
© Ramy Maalouf 2020 - 2026
© Ramy Maalouf 2020 - 2026
Habitat & elevation: Ruderal species of fallow ground, fields, gardens, walls, dry waste land and steppes; common from coastal plains to montane zones.
Lebanese distribution: Saïda, Beirut, Chiyah, Choueifat, Nahr el-Kelb, Tripoli, Ksara, Chtaura, Zahlé, Souq el-Gharb, Bân, Ehden, Hermel valley, Mchaïtiyé-‘Aïnata.
Syrian distribution: Haffé, Bserine (south of Hama), Tell Eddah, Homs, Aleppo, Abou Hareira, Tell Douweir, Qamechliyé, banks of the Tigris, Damascus, Qanaouat.
Native range: Iran, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus (POWO).
Introduced into: Afghanistan, Lebanon–Syria, Palestine, Turkey, and widely naturalized across Europe, North Africa, Asia, North and South America, Australia, and New Zealand (full POWO list: Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Argentina NE/NW/S, Arizona, Arkansas, Ascension, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil S/SE, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Canary Islands, Cape Provinces, Central European Russia, Chatham Islands, Chile N/C/S, China SC/SE, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East Aegean Islands, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, Florida, France, Free State, Galápagos, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hawaii, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Juan Fernández Islands, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Korea, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Islands, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Islands, Libya, Louisiana, Madeira, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Mexico C/G/SW, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Morocco, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand N/S, Newfoundland, Norfolk Island, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, NW European Russia, NW Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, NW Balkan Peninsula, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward Island, Queensland, Québec, Rhode Island, Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, South Georgia, Spain, Sri Lanka, St. Helena, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yemen (POWO).