Veronica scutellataL.

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WFO wfo-0000425182 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Veronica scutellata, photographed by Skjold Søndergaard
fig. a Skjold Søndergaard, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-11 / obs. 205514383
Veronica scutellata, photographed by Ryan Sorrells
fig. b Ryan Sorrells, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205675014
Veronica scutellata, photographed by Matt Bowser
fig. c Matt Bowser, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204401585
Veronica scutellata, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. d Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 153766633
Veronica scutellata, photographed by Марина Садыкова
fig. e Марина Садыкова, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150730357
Veronica scutellata, photographed by Pierre Cartier
fig. f Pierre Cartier, CC0 1.0 / obs. 150674891
Veronica scutellata, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. g Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 151578189
Veronica scutellata, photographed by Katrin Simon
fig. h Katrin Simon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 145832443

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Native range 100 botanical countries

Regions where Veronica scutellata is native: Algeria, Altay, Buryatiya, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Mongolia, North Caucasus, Primorye, Sakhalin, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutiya, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Krym, Netherlands, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Labrador, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon AlgeriaAltayBuryatiyaIrkutskKazakhstanKhabarovskKrasnoyarskMongoliaNorth CaucasusPrimoryeSakhalinTranscaucasusTürkiyeTuvaWest SiberiaYakutiyaAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCentral European RussiaCorseCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryIcelandIrelandItalyKrymNetherlandsNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandPortugalRomaniaSouth European RussiaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraineAlaskaAlbertaArizonaBritish ColumbiaCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaLabradorLouisianaMaineManitobaMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMontanaNevadaNew BrunswickNew HampshireNew JerseyNew YorkNewfoundlandNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaNorthwest TerritoriesNova ScotiaNunavutOhioOntarioOregonPennsylvaniaPrince Edward I.QuébecSaskatchewanTennesseeVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyomingYukon District of ColumbiaRhode I.
Native distribution of Veronica scutellata, 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
Alaska ASK NORTHERN AMERICA
Alberta ABT
Arizona ARI
British Columbia BRC
California CAL
Colorado COL
Connecticut CNT
District of Columbia WDC
Idaho IDA
Illinois ILL
Indiana INI
Iowa IOW
Labrador LAB
Louisiana LOU
Maine MAI
Manitoba MAN
Maryland MRY
Massachusetts MAS
Michigan MIC
Minnesota MIN
Montana MNT
Nevada NEV
New Brunswick NBR
New Hampshire NWH
New Jersey NWJ
New York NWY
Newfoundland NFL
North Carolina NCA
North Dakota NDA
Northwest Territories NWT
Nova Scotia NSC
Nunavut NUN
Ohio OHI
Ontario ONT
Oregon ORE
Pennsylvania PEN
Prince Edward I. PEI
Québec QUE
Rhode I. RHO
Saskatchewan SAS
Tennessee TEN
Vermont VER
Virginia VRG
Washington WAS
West Virginia WVA
Wisconsin WIS
Wyoming WYO
Yukon YUK
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
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Iceland ICE
Ireland IRE
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
Netherlands NET
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Buryatiya BRY
Irkutsk IRK
Kazakhstan KAZ
Khabarovsk KHA
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Kuril Is. KUR
Mongolia MON
North Caucasus NCS
Primorye PRM
Sakhalin SAK
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Tuva TVA
West Siberia WSB
Yakutiya YAK
Algeria ALG AFRICA

Not drawn on the map: Kuril Is., Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for these regions, so they are 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 393 in flower of 431 examined

Peak flowering in Jun. Each bar is the share of Veronica scutellata 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. 393 of 431 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. 6 months have fewer than 5 examined observations, so no proportion is drawn for them. 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 25 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.

  • Cardia scutellata (L.) Dulac
  • Limnaspidium parmularium Fourr.
  • Limnaspidium scutellatum Fourr.
  • Veronica angustifolia Gray
  • Veronica angustifolia var. pubescens Gray
  • Veronica connata Raf.
  • Veronica connata subsp. typica Pennell
  • Veronica parmularia Poit. & Turpin
  • Veronica polozhiae Revuschkin
  • Veronica scutellata f. alba B.Boivin
  • Veronica scutellata f. scutellata
  • Veronica scutellata f. villosa Pennell
  • Veronica scutellata var. angustifolia Sennen
  • Veronica scutellata var. glabra Schum.
  • Veronica scutellata var. grandifolia Sennen
  • Veronica scutellata var. latifolia Roem. & Schult.
  • Veronica scutellata var. longibracteata Peev
  • Veronica scutellata var. parmularia (Poit. & Turpin) Lej.
  • Veronica scutellata var. pilosa Vahl
  • Veronica scutellata var. pubescens W.D.J.Koch
  • Veronica scutellata var. scutellata
  • Veronica scutellata var. velutina DC.
  • Veronica scutellata var. villosa Schumach.
  • Veronica scutellata var. villosa Hartm.

and 1 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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