Mar 6, 2017
Tiny plant #3: speedwell, (Veronica persica), a tiny blue flower of early spring. Persica means it's from Persia, and in persian it's called "سیزاب ایرانی", with the ایرانی part <Irani> also meaning the same thing. The genus name Veronica is from a Greek name meaning bringer of victory. . Veronica was also my mother's mother's name. Her family was from Co. Derry in Ireland, and were travelling healers. Perhaps because the circuit they traveled was split by the border between created between Northern Ireland and the rest of the Island, they left, bringing themselves and their children to the US. . . #herbalmedicine #medicinalherbs #signsofspring #garden #farsi #veronica #32counties #maghera
