Plantaginaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Veronica scutellata

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Veronica scutellata is a herbaceous perennial plant growing from a long, slender rootstock. The slender stem is ascending with trailing and rooting shoots at the base; it can grow 8 - 50cm tall[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food. This species is widespread with stable populations and does not face any major threats. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeWidely spread in the northern temperate zones of Europe, Asia (including Turkey) and N. America (as far south as California and Virginia)

HabitatPonds, bogs, wet meadows etc, often on acid soils[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ]. In damp meadows, marshes, on shoal, in forest, forest-steppe and steppe regions, in mountains at elevations up to 1,800 metres[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].