Veronica anagallis-aquatica L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Blue Water-speedwell
🇫🇷 Véronique mouron-d’eau, Mouron aquatique, Mouron-d’eau

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Clade: Asterids
Clade: Lamiids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Tribe: Veroniceae
Genus: Veronica
Species: Veronica anagallis-aquatica

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

V. anagallis-aquatica subsp. anagallis-aquatica L., 1753, P;
V. anagallis-aquatica subsp. lysimachioides (Boiss.) M.A.Fisch., 1981.

Photographs

img/veronica-anagallis-aquatica.webp — Veronica anagallis-aquatica

img/veronica-anagallis-aquatica-2.webp — Veronica anagallis-aquatica

img/veronica-anagallis-aquatica-3.webp — Veronica anagallis-aquatica

img/veronica-anagallis-aquatica-4.webp — Veronica anagallis-aquatica

img/veronica-anagallis-aquatica-5.webp — Veronica anagallis-aquatica - Leaf

img/veronica-anagallis-aquatica-6.webp — Veronica anagallis-aquatica - Leaf base

Sources

Lansdown, R.V. (2011). Veronica anagallis-aquatica (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2011. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/164036/5716523
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 902). Biotope.