Blue Water-Speedwell Complex
Veronica anagallis-aquatica L.
- light
- —
- water
- Plenty
- tall
- 75 cm
- wide
- —
Plantaginaceae
Also called Blue water-speedwell, Blue Water-speedwell, Brook pimpernel, Brook Pimpernel, Water speedwell
Formerly Beccabunga anagallis-aquatica, Cardia amplexicaulis, Veronica anagallidiformis, Veronica aquatica, and 24 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Annual or subshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Temp. Eurasia to Trop. Mts.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 51 cm to 99 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Water
- Plenty: wet or constantly moistRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- Violet, blueRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Chinese
- 藍水婆婆納複合群, 箭刀草, 水苦荬
- Czech
- okruh rozrazilu drchničkovitého, rozrazil drchničkovitý
- Spanish
- frailes, anagálide acuática, berros
- Portuguese
- verónicas, morrião-da-água, verónica
- German
- Blauer Wasser-Ehrenpreis, Gauchheil-Ehrenpreis, Ufer-Ehrenpreis
- Estonian
- Allikmailane
- Finnish
- konnantädyke
- French
- Mouron Aquatique, Véronique aquatique, Veronique mouron d'eau
- Manx
- Burleek ushtey
- Upper Sorbian
- Wódny rozraz
- Icelandic
- Laugadepla
- Japanese
- オオカワヂシャ
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Veronica anagallis-aquatica (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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