Veronica bilobaSchreb. ex L.

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WFO wfo-0000419475 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Veronica biloba, photographed by Pavel Borodin
fig. a Pavel Borodin, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-21 / obs. 199277837
Veronica biloba, photographed by Cecelia Alexander
fig. b Cecelia Alexander, CC0 1.0 / obs. 182409203
Veronica biloba, photographed by Matt Lavin
fig. c Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 174862218
Veronica biloba, photographed by Cecelia Alexander
fig. d Cecelia Alexander, CC0 1.0 / obs. 204481158
Veronica biloba, photographed by crothfels
fig. e crothfels, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203012015
Veronica biloba, photographed by crothfels
fig. f crothfels, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202511331
Veronica biloba, photographed by crothfels
fig. g crothfels, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200060801
Veronica biloba, photographed by crothfels
fig. h crothfels, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200051939

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Native range 28 botanical countries

Regions where Veronica biloba is native: Afghanistan, Altay, Buryatiya, China North-Central, China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Palestine, Qinghai, Sinai, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya, East European Russia AfghanistanAltayBuryatiyaChina North-CentralChina South-CentralInner MongoliaIranIraqKazakhstanKirgizstanLebanon-SyriaMongoliaNorth CaucasusPalestineQinghaiSinaiTadzhikistanTibetTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanTuvaUzbekistanXinjiangNepalPakistanWest HimalayaEast European Russia
Native distribution of Veronica biloba, 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
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Altay ALT
Buryatiya BRY
China North-Central CHN
China South-Central CHC
Inner Mongolia CHI
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Mongolia MON
North Caucasus NCS
Palestine PAL
Qinghai CHQ
Sinai SIN
Tadzhikistan TZK
Tibet CHT
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Tuva TVA
Uzbekistan UZB
Xinjiang CHX
Nepal NEP ASIA-TROPICAL
Pakistan PAK
West Himalaya WHM
East European Russia RUE EUROPE

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.

Where it actually grows measured, from 248 observations

Condition 5th percentile Median 95th percentile
Coldest month, mean daily low -18.6 °C -10.2 °C -6.4 °C
Warmest month, mean daily high 21.4 °C 28.2 °C 31.8 °C
Annual rainfall 249 mm 540 mm 844 mm
Rainfall in the driest quarter 30 mm 85 mm 137 mm

It is found where winters are severely cold. This is not care advice and it is not a forecast. It is a measurement: we sampled the climate at every one of the 248 research-grade observations of Veronica biloba that carry a coordinate, and this is the range those places actually span. The 5th and 95th percentiles are used rather than the minimum and maximum, because a single cultivated specimen in a heated conservatory should not widen a tropical plant's range to the Arctic.

This is not a hardiness zone. A USDA zone is the average annual extreme minimum temperature. The figure above is the mean daily minimum of the coldest month, which is a different quantity and is typically far warmer. Reading one as the other would place a plant several zones too warm, so we do not publish a hardiness zone, because we do not have one.

Also published as 6 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.

  • Pocilla biloba (L.) W.A.Weber
  • Veronica biloba var. densa Dar & Kachroo
  • Veronica chantavica Pavlov
  • Veronica exilis H.Schott ex Boiss.
  • Veronica nevskii Boriss.
  • Veronica perpusilla Nevski

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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.