Summary ⁶

Veronica anagallis-aquatica, commonly known as water speedwell, blue water-speedwell, and brook pimpernel, is a species of flowering plant in the Plantaginaceae family that is present on most continents. It grows in moist or wet areas. It is threatened and endangered in some states in the US.

Botanical Information ⁷

Veronica anagallis-aquatica is commonly called speedwell, water-speedwell, blue water-speedwell, and Veronica. It is in the Scrophulariale-Figwort family and the genus is Veronica L.-Speedwell.

Ecological Information ⁸

Speedwell lives in many types of moist and wet habitats and it is semi-aquatic, often growing in shallow water along stream banks, in ponds and in other wet land enviroments. It is native to Europe. In North America it grows in and near streams. Speedwell are quite easy to grow and they last long. They can tolerate most soil conditions.

Ethnobotanical Information ⁸

Speedwell is edible and medicinal. It can help with colds and coughs.

References ⁷

Plants Profile For Veronica Anagalis
Water Speedwell
Plant Database

About the Author ⁸

Student author(s)*: Pamela and Alejandra (age 13) from South Valley Academy

*The entries in this field guide have been edited by Yerba Mansa Project staff to ensure that they contain quality, fact-checked content and standardized formatting.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Don Loarie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/loarie/9654448953/
2. (c) eyeweed, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/12626159@N05/5220111857
3. (c) Andrey Zharkikh, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/zharkikh/9148825112/
4. (c) Anthony Mendoza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/39039456@N07/16901439661/
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6. Adapted by caseynm from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_anagallis-aquatica
7. Adapted by smiller33 from a work by (c) kristen_himm, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
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