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    Veronica anagallis-aquatica  L.    
 

APG-Fam.: Plantaginaceae / Plantain Fam.       Fam. tradit.: Scrophulariaceae / Figwort Fam.  

Genus:  Veronica  L.
 

Authors:
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
 

Etymology:
   Veronica:   in honor of Holy Veronica
   anagallis-aquatica:   Pimpernel-like and in water
 

Besides the common Veronica anagallis-aquatica there is a much rarer similar species Veronica anagalloides that I haven't seen yet. It differs in a hairy inflorescence and hairy fruits with short attached sepals.
The fruits of the group of Water Speedwell species are relatively often parasitized by weevils, see Fig. 27 and 28, by sticking the egg into the fruit. In the larvae of weevil species Gynetron beccabungae, Gynetron veronicae and Gynetron villosulum the fruits then swell in the manner shown. The parasitisation by some other weevil species is less noticeable because the fruit hardly swells.

 

Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, D Heidelberg 6.9.2009
Fig. 1:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
D Heidelberg 6.9.2009
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, D Heidelberg 6.9.2009
Fig. 2:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
D Heidelberg 6.9.2009
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, D Heidelberg 6.9.2009
Fig. 3:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
D Heidelberg 6.9.2009
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, D Altrip 16.10.2023
Fig. 4:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
D Altrip 16.10.2023
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, D Altrip 16.10.2023
Fig. 5:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
D Altrip 16.10.2023
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, D Altrip 16.10.2023
Fig. 6:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
D Altrip 16.10.2023
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, D Karlsruhe 3.10.2015
Fig. 7:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
D Karlsruhe 3.10.2015
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, D Karlsruhe 3.10.2015
Fig. 8:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
D Karlsruhe 3.10.2015
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, D Obernzell an der Donau 11.6.2014
Fig. 9:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
D Obernzell an der Donau 11.6.2014
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, D Obernzell an der Donau 11.6.2014
Fig. 10:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
D Obernzell an der Donau 11.6.2014
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, D Obernzell an der Donau 11.6.2014
Fig. 11:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
D Obernzell an der Donau 11.6.2014
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, D Eching 25.7.2015
Fig. 12:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
D Eching 25.7.2015
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, D Eching 25.7.2015
Fig. 13:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
D Eching 25.7.2015
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, D Deggendorf 3.7.2023
Fig. 14:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
D Deggendorf 3.7.2023
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, D Deggendorf 3.7.2023
Fig. 15:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
D Deggendorf 3.7.2023
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, D Deggendorf 3.7.2023
Fig. 16:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
D Deggendorf 3.7.2023
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, D Deggendorf 3.7.2023
Fig. 17:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
D Deggendorf 3.7.2023
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, D Deggendorf 3.7.2023
Fig. 18:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
D Deggendorf 3.7.2023
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, D Deggendorf 3.7.2023
Fig. 19:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
D Deggendorf 3.7.2023
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, D Bürstadt 30.9.2016
Fig. 20:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell (young plant)
D Bürstadt 30.9.2016
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, D Wiesbaden 22.9.2012
Fig. 21:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
D Wiesbaden 22.9.2012
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, D Wiesbaden 22.9.2012
Fig. 22:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
D Wiesbaden 22.9.2012
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, D Köln-Zündorf 23.5.2018
Fig. 23:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
D Köln-Zündorf 23.5.2018
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, D Köln-Zündorf 23.5.2018
Fig. 24:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
D Köln-Zündorf 23.5.2018
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, D Köln-Zündorf 23.5.2018
Fig. 25:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
D Köln-Zündorf 23.5.2018
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, D Köln-Zündorf 23.5.2018
Fig. 26:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
D Köln-Zündorf 23.5.2018
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, D Altlussheim 22.7.2015
Fig. 27:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell (fruits parasitized by the larva of a weevil as e.g. Gymnetron villosulum GYLLENHAL)
D Altlussheim 22.7.2015
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, Croatia Donji Budački 20.7.2007
Fig. 28:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell (fruits parasitized by the larva of a weevil as e.g. Gymnetron villosulum GYLLENHAL)
Croatia, Donji Budački 20.7.2007
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, Croatia Donji Budački 20.7.2007
Fig. 29:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
Croatia, Donji Budački 20.7.2007
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, Croatia Donji Budački 20.7.2007
Fig. 30:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
Croatia, Donji Budački 20.7.2007
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, Croatia Donji Budački 20.7.2007
Fig. 31:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
Croatia, Donji Budački 20.7.2007
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, Croatia Donji Budački 31.5.2008
Fig. 32:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
Croatia, Donji Budački 31.5.2008
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, Croatia Donji Budački 31.5.2008
Fig. 33:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
Croatia, Donji Budački 31.5.2008
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, A St. Andrä 12.7.2023
Fig. 34:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
A St. Andrä 12.7.2023
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, A St. Andrä 12.7.2023
Fig. 35:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
A St. Andrä 12.7.2023
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, A St. Andrä 12.7.2023
Fig. 36:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
A St. Andrä 12.7.2023
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, A St. Andrä 12.7.2023
Fig. 37:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
A St. Andrä 12.7.2023
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, F Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert 1.6.2009
Fig. 38:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
F Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert 1.6.2009
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, F Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert 1.6.2009
Fig. 39:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
F Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert 1.6.2009
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, Rhodos Stegna 28.3.2023
Fig. 40:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
Rhodos, Stegna 28.3.2023
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, Rhodos Stegna 28.3.2023
Fig. 41:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
Rhodos, Stegna 28.3.2023
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, Rhodos Stegna 28.3.2023
Fig. 42:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
Rhodos, Stegna 28.3.2023
Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell, Rhodos Stegna 28.3.2023
Fig. 43:  Veronica anagallis-aquatica / Blue Water Speedwell
Rhodos, Stegna 28.3.2023

 


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