Legousia speculum-veneris (L.) Chaix, 1786

Common names

• 🇬🇧 Large Venus’s-looking-glass
• 🇫🇷 Légousie miroir-de-Vénus, Miroir-de-Vénus, Spéculaire miroir-de-Vénus

Taxonomy

• Kingdom: Plantae
• Clade: Tracheophytes
• Clade: Angiosperms
• Clade: Eudicots
• Clade: Superasterids
• Clade: Asterids
• Clade: Campanulids
• Order: Asterales
• Family: Campanulaceae
• Subfamily: Campanuloideae
• Tribe: Campanuleae
• Genus: Legousia
• Species: Legousia speculum-veneris

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

• Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with L. hybrida (L.) Delarbre, 1800, whose flowers have a smaller corolla (⌀ 5-15 mm), while those of L. speculum-veneris have a larger corolla (⌀ 15-25 mm).

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

• L. speculum-veneris subsp. pentagonia (L.) Wahlsteen, 2019, I;
• L. speculum-veneris subsp. speculum-veneris (L.) Chaix, 1786, P.

Photographs

Sources

• Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 610). Biotope.