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Heath Speedwell

Veronica officinalis

4,824Records since 2000
JunePeak month
99Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan20
Feb26
Mar48
Apr131
May745
Jun1,646
Jul685
Aug391
Sep204
Oct72
Nov30
Dec13

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England808
2Highland Scotland609
3Argyll and Bute Scotland259
4North Yorkshire England163
5Powys Wales113
6Cumbria England96
7Perth and Kinross Scotland90
8Devon England89
9Herefordshire, County of England81
10Kent England78
11Suffolk England72
12Essex England50
13Sefton England49
14Aberdeenshire Scotland45
15East Lothian Scotland43
2,655 England1,197 Scotland245 Wales44 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 99 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,824
Peak month
June
Counties with records
99
Scientific name
Veronica officinalis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
25,517
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Plantaginaceae
Genus
Veronica
Name with authority
Veronica officinalis L.
Contributing datasets
47

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q156402 · GBIF 3172049