Veronica peregrina
Tracheophyta
›Magnoliopsida›Scrophulariaceae›Veronica›Veronica peregrina
Ecology
An annual occurring as a naturalised or casual weed of parks, gardens, garden centres, allotments and other cultivated ground, and in damp waste places and by streams. Lowland.
Status
Neophyte
Trends
V. peregrina was introduced by 1680, apparently via mainland Europe. It was first recorded in the wild in 1836, and has shown a slow spread since the 1962 Atlas. It has increased markedly in N. Ireland since 1970.
World Distribution
Native of N. & S. America.
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Atlas Change Index: 0.15
JNCC Designations
NBNSYS0000004114
Atlas text references
Atlas (230d)
Bangerter (1964
1966)
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1986. Atlas of north European vascular plants north of the Tropic of Cancer. 3 vols.
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1978. Vergleichende Chorologie der zentraleuropäischen Flora. Volume 2. 2 vols.