Veronica beccabunga L.

Taxonomy: Fam. Plantaginaceae// Genus: Veronica// Species: Veronica beccabunga L. The classification is given according to the Euro+Med Planbase (Marhold, 2011+).

Determined according to the botanical keys provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 3 (Tutin et al., 1972).

Lifeform: Perrenial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from Europe to Mongolia and Iran, Macaronesia to Ethiopia according to the Plants of the World Online portal.

Habitat: Found in wet habitats – on the banks of streams and rivers and other wet places.

Flowering period: Spring-summer (MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG).

References:

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1972). Flora Europaea. Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Veronica beccabunga. Marhold, K. (2011+): Veronica. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameCache=Veronica%20beccabunga&PTRefFk=7200000 [Accessed 02.08.2021].

Veronica beccabunga L. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:811680-1 [Acessed 02.08.2021].