Veronica steppaceaKotov

WFO wfo-0001138924 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Veronica steppacea, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. a Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-07-31 / obs. 147578023
Veronica steppacea, photographed by Oleksii Vasyliuk
fig. b Oleksii Vasyliuk, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 143992685
Veronica steppacea, photographed by Galyna Mykytynets
fig. c Galyna Mykytynets, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178118978
Veronica steppacea, photographed by Galyna Mykytynets
fig. d Galyna Mykytynets, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178118968
Veronica steppacea, photographed by Galyna Mykytynets
fig. e Galyna Mykytynets, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 116041539
Veronica steppacea, photographed by bulatik
fig. f bulatik, CC0 1.0 / obs. 205995869
Veronica steppacea, photographed by Galyna Mykytynets
fig. g Galyna Mykytynets, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 146312614
Veronica steppacea, photographed by Galyna Mykytynets
fig. h Galyna Mykytynets, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 146312422

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Native range 2 botanical countries

Regions where Veronica steppacea is native: South European Russia, Ukraine South European RussiaUkraine
Native distribution of Veronica steppacea, 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
South European Russia RUS EUROPE
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 2 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 menthifolia H.Schott ex Roem. & Schult.
  • Veronica spicata var. menthifolia (H.Schott ex Roem. & Schult.) Uechtr.

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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