Veronica beccabunga L., 1753

🇬🇧 Brooklime

🇫🇷 Cresson de cheval, Salade de chouette, Véronique beccabonga, Véronique des ruisseaux

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 beccabunga

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. beccabunga subsp. abscondita M.A.Fisch., 1981;
V. beccabunga subsp. beccabunga L., 1753, P;
V. beccabunga subsp. muscosa (Korsh.) Elenevsky, 1977.

Photographs

img/veronica-beccabunga.webp — Veronica beccabunga

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

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

Sources

Lansdown, R.V. (2011). Veronica beccabunga (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2011. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/167923/6416288
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 901). Biotope.