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Wood Speedwell

Veronica montana

5,106Records since 2000
MayPeak month
105Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan19
Feb15
Mar92
Apr938
May1,643
Jun515
Jul271
Aug257
Sep175
Oct67
Nov40
Dec12

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England1,016
2Herefordshire, County of England186
3Sheffield England179
4Devon England142
5North Yorkshire England110
6Essex England93
7Powys Wales75
8Cornwall England69
9Cumbria England69
10Telford and Wrekin England66
11Suffolk England61
12Kent England60
13Gloucestershire England57
14Surrey England56
15Norfolk England52
4,060 England217 Scotland212 Wales46 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 105 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,106
Peak month
May
Counties with records
105
Scientific name
Veronica montana
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
24,294
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Plantaginaceae
Genus
Veronica
Name with authority
Veronica montana L.
Contributing datasets
39

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8328247