Veronica longifoliaL.

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WFO wfo-0000425628 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Veronica longifolia, photographed by Tatiana Strus
fig. a Tatiana Strus, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-11 / obs. 205728661
Veronica longifolia, photographed by snaily_naily
fig. b snaily_naily, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203464764
Veronica longifolia, photographed by Силаева Татьяна Борисовна
fig. c Силаева Татьяна Борисовна, CC0 1.0 / obs. 203567815
Veronica longifolia, photographed by Yurii Basov
fig. d Yurii Basov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201222330
Veronica longifolia, photographed by pratvmvmbrosvm
fig. e pratvmvmbrosvm, CC0 1.0 / obs. 196037744
Veronica longifolia, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. f Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 196225140
Veronica longifolia, photographed by Henry "Nick" Robertson
fig. g Henry "Nick" Robertson, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 162802883
Veronica longifolia, photographed by Cilla Moerman
fig. h Cilla Moerman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 159541149

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Native range 46 botanical countries

Regions where Veronica longifolia is native: Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Primorye, Sakhalin, Türkiye, Tuva, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Sweden, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AltayAmurBuryatiyaChitaInner MongoliaIrkutskKazakhstanKhabarovskKirgizstanKrasnoyarskMagadanManchuriaMongoliaNorth CaucasusPrimoryeSakhalinTürkiyeTuvaWest SiberiaXinjiangYakutiyaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFranceGermanyHungaryItalyNetherlandsNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSouth European RussiaSwedenTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine Korea
Native distribution of Veronica longifolia, 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
Austria AUT EUROPE
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
East European Russia RUE
France FRA
Germany GER
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Netherlands NET
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Sweden SWE
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Amur AMU
Buryatiya BRY
Chita CTA
Inner Mongolia CHI
Irkutsk IRK
Kazakhstan KAZ
Khabarovsk KHA
Kirgizstan KGZ
Korea KOR
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Magadan MAG
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
North Caucasus NCS
Primorye PRM
Sakhalin SAK
Türkiye TUR
Tuva TVA
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
Yakutiya YAK

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 120 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.

  • Eustaxia villosa Raf.
  • Pseudolysimachion commutatum (Seidl ex Bercht.) Opiz
  • Pseudolysimachion kosteleckii (Opiz) Opiz
  • Pseudolysimachion longifolium (L.) Opiz
  • Pseudolysimachion longifolium subsp. maritimum Hartl
  • Pseudolysimachion longifolium subsp. pseudolongifolium (Printz) Holub
  • Pseudolysimachion longifolium subsp. septentrionale (Boriss.) Holub
  • Pseudolysimachion longifolium var. puberulum (Benth. ex DC.) Soó
  • Pseudolysimachion maritimum (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
  • Pseudolysimachion nenningii (Opiz) Opiz
  • Pseudolysimachion pettersii (Opiz) Opiz
  • Pseudolysimachion riparium (Seidl ex Bercht.) Opiz
  • Pseudolysimachion septentrionale (Boriss.) Tzvelev
  • Pseudolysimachion septentrionale (Boriss.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
  • Pseudolysimachion taigischense (Stepanov) Holub
  • Veronica acuta Mart.
  • Veronica alternifolia Lej.
  • Veronica ambigua Mart.
  • Veronica anarrhinum Rchb.
  • Veronica arguta Schrad.
  • Veronica azurea H.Schott ex Link
  • Veronica brachtii Opiz
  • Veronica bracteata Opiz
  • Veronica carnea DC.

and 96 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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