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Veronica beccabunga
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species of plant
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Veronica beccabunga is a species of plant in the family Plantaginaceae. It belongs to the genus Veronica and is classified within the order Lamiales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. Common names for this taxon include European speedwell, Brooklime, Bach-Ehrenpreis, Véronique des ruisseaux, and water speedwell. The plant produces blue flowers and a capsule fruit type.
The IUCN Red List assessed the species as Least Concern in 2020. Occurrence records are documented in the United States, Pakistan, India, France, and Canada. The species has been described in the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition and is noted as a medicinal plant.
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Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyPlantaginaceae
Common Name: water speedwell
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,868
- With media
- 1,967
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Collections
- WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY, MICH, NEON, MSC, NCSC, QUE
- Recorded in
- United States, Pakistan, India, France, Canada
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Veronica
- Image
- Veronica beccabunga plant2.jpg
- Has use
- medicinal plant
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- Veronica beccabunga
- has fruit type
- capsule
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- flower color
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Encyclopedic overview
Veronica beccabunga, the European speedwell or brooklime, is a succulent herbaceous perennial plant belonging to the flowering plant family Plantaginaceae. It grows on the margins of brooks and ditches in Europe, North Africa, and north and western Asia. It can be found on other continents as an introduced species. It has smooth spreading succulent branches that are often reddish, blunt oblong finely serrate leaves in opposite pairs close to the stem, and small bright blue or pink flowers with four petals.
The specific name beccabunga has a common origin with bäckebunga, an archaic Swedish name for the plant used at the time when it was described by Carl Linnaeus. Names with the same origin are still in use in other European languages, including beekpunge In Dutch, and bachbunge in German (meaning 'brook bunch', or 'brook pouch').
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Veronica beccabunga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.