Veronica montana L., 1755

Common names

🇬🇧 Wood Speedwell
🇫🇷 Véronique des montagnes

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 montana

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with V. chamaedrys L., 1753, whose stems bear two opposite rows of hairs, whereas those of V. montana are uniformly hairy.

Hybridizes with V. chamaedrys L., 1753 to produce V. × godronii Rouy, 1909, P.

Photographs

img/veronica-montana.webp — Veronica montana

img/veronica-montana-2.webp — Veronica montana

img/veronica-montana-3.webp — Veronica montana

img/veronica-montana-4.webp — Veronica montana - Leaves

Sources

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