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French Speedwell

Veronica acinifolia

French Speedwell
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Aroche assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 2.5
Family
Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Grows as
Annual
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
Europe to SW. Siberia and Mongolia
Climate
temperate

About

Veronica acinifolia, the French speedwell, is an annual flower in the family Plantaginaceae present within a band from Portugal to Britain on the west stretching eastwards far into Asia, with some gaps.

Where it grows

Its native range is Albania, Altay, Bulgaria, Corsica, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Islands, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Crete, Crimea, Lebanon-Syria, Mongolia, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia, extinct in Belgium, and introduced into the British Isles.

Other Veronica plants

Speedwell · Veronica pimeleoides · Veronica sect. Hebe · Green field speedwell · Veronica Recurva · Alpine speedwell · American speedwell · Water speedwell · Leafless-stemmed speedwell · Veronica arcuata · Veronica arenaria · Corn speedwell

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Veronica acinifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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