Veronica beccabungaL.

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WFO wfo-0000419789 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Veronica beccabunga, photographed by Eugene Popov
fig. a Eugene Popov, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-12 / obs. 205731577
Veronica beccabunga, photographed by Paul Braun
fig. b Paul Braun, CC0 1.0 / obs. 205402125
Veronica beccabunga, photographed by Pavel Kacl
fig. c Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205527009
Veronica beccabunga, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. d Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205538100
Veronica beccabunga, photographed by Paul Braun
fig. e Paul Braun, CC0 1.0 / obs. 205153768
Veronica beccabunga, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. f Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203816834
Veronica beccabunga, photographed by Yann Kemper
fig. g Yann Kemper, CC0 1.0 / obs. 203609315
Veronica beccabunga, photographed by B. Phalan
fig. h B. Phalan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203615417

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Native range 73 botanical countries

Regions where Veronica beccabunga is native: Algeria, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Egypt, Ethiopia, Morocco, Niger, Sudan-South Sudan, Tunisia, Afghanistan, Altay, Buryatiya, China South-Central, East Aegean Is., Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Lebanon-Syria, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Saudi Arabia, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, Føroyar, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Netherlands, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AlgeriaEgyptEthiopiaMoroccoNigerSudan-South SudanTunisiaAfghanistanAltayBuryatiyaChina South-CentralEast Aegean Is.Inner MongoliaIranIraqKazakhstanKirgizstanKrasnoyarskLebanon-SyriaMongoliaNorth CaucasusSaudi ArabiaTadzhikistanTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanUzbekistanWest SiberiaXinjiangNepalPakistanWest HimalayaAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCentral European RussiaCorseCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryIcelandIrelandItalyKritiKrymNetherlandsNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandPortugalRomaniaSiciliaSouth European RussiaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine Canary Is.Cape VerdeFøroyarSardegna
Native distribution of Veronica beccabunga, 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
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Corse COR
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
Føroyar FOR
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Iceland ICE
Ireland IRE
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
Krym KRY
Netherlands NET
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Altay ALT
Buryatiya BRY
China South-Central CHC
East Aegean Is. EAI
Inner Mongolia CHI
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Mongolia MON
North Caucasus NCS
Saudi Arabia SAU
Tadzhikistan TZK
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Canary Is. CNY
Cape Verde CVI
Egypt EGY
Ethiopia ETH
Morocco MOR
Niger NGR
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tunisia TUN
Nepal NEP ASIA-TROPICAL
Pakistan PAK
West Himalaya WHM

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

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 711 in flower of 1,239 examined

Peak flowering in Jun. Each bar is the share of Veronica beccabunga 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. 711 of 1,239 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. 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 28 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.

  • Beccabunga vulgaris Fourr.
  • Cardia beccabunga (L.) Dulac
  • Veronica anagallis-aquatica var. tenerrima (F.W.Schmidt) Roth ex Klett & Richt.
  • Veronica bacsensis Simonk.
  • Veronica baxteri House
  • Veronica beccabunga var. alpina Vayr.
  • Veronica beccabunga var. bracteata Bréb.
  • Veronica beccabunga var. limosa Mathieu
  • Veronica beccabunga var. limosa (Lej.) Dumort.
  • Veronica beccabunga var. longibracteata Schur
  • Veronica beccabunga var. maresii (Sennen) O.Bolòs & Vigo
  • Veronica beccabunga var. minor Opiz ex Klett & Richt.
  • Veronica beccabunga var. muscosa Korsh.
  • Veronica beccabunga var. nivea Schur
  • Veronica beccabunga var. pallida Lindstr.
  • Veronica beccabunga var. tenerrima (F.W.Schmidt) Beck
  • Veronica beccabunga var. tenerrima (F.W.Schmidt) Krylov
  • Veronica beccabunga var. umbrosa Tinant ex Mathieu
  • Veronica beccabunga var. umbrosa Mathieu
  • Veronica beccabunga var. xauenensis Pau
  • Veronica bianoris Sennen
  • Veronica fontinalis Salisb.
  • Veronica hjuleri Paulsen
  • Veronica limosa Lej.

and 4 more.

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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