Veronica chamaedrys L., 1753

Common names

• 🇬🇧 Germander Speedwell
• 🇫🇷 Veronique petit-chene, Fausse germandree

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 chamaedrys

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

• Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with V. montana L., 1755, whose stems are uniformly hairy, while those of V. chamaedrys bear two opposite rows of hairs.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

• V. chamaedrys subsp. chamaedryoides (Bory & Chaub.) M.A.Fisch., 1991;
• V. chamaedrys subsp. chamaedrys L., 1753, P;
• V. chamaedrys nothosubsp. krumovii Peev, 1972: subsp. chamaedryoides × subsp. chamaedrys;
• V. chamaedrys subsp. micans M.A.Fisch., 1973.

Hybridizes with V. montana L., 1755 to produce V. × godronii Rouy, 1909, P.

Photographs

Sources

• Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 901). Biotope.