Veronica anagalloidesGuss.

WFO wfo-0000419798 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Veronica anagalloides, photographed by Julien Renoult
fig. a Julien Renoult, CC BY 4.0 / 2018-05-25 / obs. 18577475
Veronica anagalloides, photographed by Yves Bas
fig. b Yves Bas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 83453835
Veronica anagalloides, photographed by Julien Renoult
fig. c Julien Renoult, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 18577426
Veronica anagalloides, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. d Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15779401
Veronica anagalloides, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. e Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175492564
Veronica anagalloides, photographed by Yves Bas
fig. f Yves Bas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 83453791
Veronica anagalloides, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. g Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175492567
Veronica anagalloides, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. h Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15779403

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Native range 52 botanical countries

Regions where Veronica anagalloides is native: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Afghanistan, Altay, China North-Central, East Aegean Is., Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, Manchuria, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Oman, Palestine, Qinghai, Saudi Arabia, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, West Himalaya, Albania, Austria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AlgeriaEgyptMoroccoTunisiaAfghanistanAltayChina North-CentralEast Aegean Is.Inner MongoliaIranIraqKazakhstanKirgizstanLebanon-SyriaManchuriaMongoliaNorth CaucasusOmanPalestineQinghaiSaudi ArabiaTadzhikistanTibetTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanUzbekistanPakistanWest HimalayaAlbaniaAustriaBulgariaCentral European RussiaCorseCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyKrymNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSiciliaSouth European RussiaSpainTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine BalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Veronica anagalloides, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Altay ALT
China North-Central CHN
East Aegean Is. EAI
Inner Mongolia CHI
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
North Caucasus NCS
Oman OMA
Palestine PAL
Qinghai CHQ
Saudi Arabia SAU
Tadzhikistan TZK
Tibet CHT
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baleares BAL
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Corse COR
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
France FRA
Germany GER
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Egypt EGY
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN
Pakistan PAK ASIA-TROPICAL
West Himalaya WHM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Flowering 42 in flower of 57 examined

Peak flowering in May. Each bar is the share of Veronica anagalloides observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 42 of 57 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. 8 months have fewer than 5 examined observations, so no proportion is drawn for them. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 22 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cardia elliptica Dulac
  • Veronica aegyptiaca Ehrenb. & Hemprich ex Schlenker
  • Veronica anagallis-aquatica prol. transiens Rouy
  • Veronica anagallis-aquatica subsp. anagalloides Bonnier & Layens
  • Veronica anagallis-aquatica subsp. anagalloides (Guss.) Batt.
  • Veronica anagallis-aquatica subsp. anagalloides (Guss.) Rouy
  • Veronica anagallis-aquatica subsp. anagalloides Elenevsky
  • Veronica anagallis-aquatica var. anagalloides (Guss.) St.-Lag.
  • Veronica anagallis-aquatica var. anagalloides (Guss.) K.Koch
  • Veronica anagallis-aquatica var. macra Trautv.
  • Veronica anagallis-aquatica var. minor Ten.
  • Veronica anagallis-aquatica var. tenuis (Ledeb.) Maire
  • Veronica anagalloides unranked brachypetala Zubía
  • Veronica anagalloides var. oxytheca Lange
  • Veronica anagalloides var. tenuis (Ledeb.) Boiss.
  • Veronica comosa Richt. ex Stapf
  • Veronica dubia E.H.L.Krause
  • Veronica haussknechtii Boiss.
  • Veronica salina Schur
  • Veronica tenella Jan ex Ces., Pass. & Gibelli
  • Veronica tenuis Ledeb.
  • Veronica villicaulis Bornm.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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