Veronica hederifolia L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Ivy-leaved Speedwell
🇫🇷 Véronique à feuilles de lierre

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 hederifolia

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with V. sublobata M.A.Fisch., 1967, which has pale lilac flowers whose corolla is shorter than the calyx, while V. hederifolia has pale blue flowers whith a white area at the base of the petals, and whose corolla is the same size or slightly shorter than the calyx.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

V. hederifolia subsp. hederifolia L., 1753, P;
V. hederifolia subsp. insularis Gamisans, 1992.

Photographs

img/veronica-hederifolia.webp — *Veronica hederifolia*

img/veronica-hederifolia-2.webp — *Veronica hederifolia*

img/veronica-hederifolia-3.webp — *Veronica hederifolia* - Flower close-up

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 896). Biotope.