Veronica aphyllaL.

leafless-stemmed speedwell

WFO wfo-0000419829 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Veronica aphylla, photographed by Elias
fig. a Elias, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-28 / obs. 201325471
Veronica aphylla, photographed by agosti
fig. b agosti, CC0 1.0 / obs. 145770645
Veronica aphylla, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. c Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 137902331
Veronica aphylla, photographed by nicoweg
fig. d nicoweg, CC0 1.0 / obs. 137906152
Veronica aphylla, photographed by Katrin Ellmaier
fig. e Katrin Ellmaier, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 86574765
Veronica aphylla, photographed by Grzegorz Grzejszczak
fig. f Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 91247067
Veronica aphylla, photographed by David Sandler
fig. g David Sandler, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 116940232
Veronica aphylla, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. h Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 20088945

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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Veronica aphylla is native: Albania, Austria, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine AlbaniaAustriaCzechia-SlovakiaFranceGermanyGreeceItalyNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSpainSwitzerlandUkraine
Native distribution of Veronica aphylla, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
France FRA
Germany GER
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
Spain SPA
Switzerland SWI
Ukraine UKR

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.

Also published as 8 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.

  • Azurinia aphylla (L.) Fourr.
  • Cardia aphylla (L.) Dulac
  • Veronica aphylla subsp. longistyla (Ball) Arcang.
  • Veronica aphylla var. nudicaulis Rouy
  • Veronica depauperata Waldst. & Kit.
  • Veronica longistyla Ball
  • Veronica nudicaulis Lam.
  • Veronica subacaulis Lam.

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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