Veronica peduncularisM.Bieb.

WFO wfo-0000426073 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Veronica peduncularis, photographed by Марина
fig. a Марина, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-09-09 / obs. 156406271
Veronica peduncularis, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. b Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 50100011
Veronica peduncularis, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. c Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 58643678
Veronica peduncularis, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. d Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 56116188
Veronica peduncularis, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. e Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 56115557
Veronica peduncularis, photographed by Jacek Pietruszewski
fig. f Jacek Pietruszewski, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205943925
Veronica peduncularis, photographed by Jacek Pietruszewski
fig. g Jacek Pietruszewski, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204791990
Veronica peduncularis, photographed by Jacek Pietruszewski
fig. h Jacek Pietruszewski, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204789959

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Native range 6 botanical countries

Regions where Veronica peduncularis is native: North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Krym, South European Russia, Ukraine North CaucasusTranscaucasusTürkiyeKrymSouth European RussiaUkraine
Native distribution of Veronica peduncularis, 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
North Caucasus NCS ASIA-TEMPERATE
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Krym KRY EUROPE
South European Russia RUS
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 10 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.

  • Veronica benthamii K.Koch ex Boiss.
  • Veronica chamaedrys var. peduncularis (M.Bieb.) Ledeb.
  • Veronica drymeja Schur
  • Veronica nemorum Pall. ex Link
  • Veronica nigricans K.Koch
  • Veronica peduncularis var. umbrosa (M.Bieb.) Boiss.
  • Veronica pedunculata M.Bieb.
  • Veronica phoenicantha K.Koch
  • Veronica secundiflora K.Koch
  • Veronica umbrosa M.Bieb.

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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