BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Veronica catenata
pink water speedwell
| Scientific Name: | Veronica catenata Pennell | ||||||||||
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| English Name: | pink water speedwell | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | Douglas, G.W., D. Meidinger, and J. Pojar, editors. 2000. The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia. Volume 5. Dicotyledons (Salicaceae through Zygophyllaceae) and Pteridophytes. British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks and British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Victoria. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Species | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy Comments: | In June 98, G. W. Douglas made the decision to follow Kartesz and track this entity as V. ANAGALLIS-AQUATICA. In May 1999, he reversed the decision and decided to track this entity as VERONICA CATENATA. | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Vascular Plant | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | VEROCAT | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G5 (Sep 2024) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S3 (Apr 2019) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Blue | ||||||||||
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Grassland/Shrub / Meadow / Facultative - occasional use
Lakes / Pond/Open Water / Facultative - frequent use Riparian / Riparian Herbaceous / Facultative - frequent use Wetland / Marsh / Facultative - frequent use |
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| Global Habitat Comments: | Veronica catenata grows in "wet places, rarely running water, lakeshores, ditches, muddy places, stream channels" (FNA 2019). | ||||||||||
| Provincial Phenology: (1st half of month/ 2nd half of month) |
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| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
| Global Range Comment: | Veronica catenata has a circumtemperate distribution occurring throughout much of Europe, northern Africa, and North America from Quebec west to British Columbia, Canada south in the United States to California, Nevada, Wyoming, New Mexico, Texas, Missouri, Tennesee, and North Carolina (FNA 2019). The southeastern United States distribution is obscured "because of taxonomic confusion, misidentifications, and misattributions" (Weakley and the Southeastern Flora Team 2024). Range extent was estimated to be over 40 million square kilometers using herbarium specimens, photo-based observations, and NatureServe Network occurrence data documented between 1993 and 2024 (GBIF 2024, iNaturalist 2024, NatureServe 2024, SEINet 2024). | ||||||||||
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| Global Information Author: | Soteropoulos (2024) | ||||||||||
| Last Updated: | Sep 30, 2024 | ||||||||||
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| References and Related Literature | |||||||||||
Douglas, G.W., D. Meidinger, and J. Penny. 2002. Rare Native Vascular Plants of British Columbia, 2nd ed. B.C. Conserv. Data Centre, Terrestrial Inf. Branch, Victoria. 358pp. |
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Douglas, G.W., D. Meidinger, and J. Pojar, eds. 2000. Illustrated Flora of British Columbia, Vol. 5, Dicotyledons (Salicaceae through Zygophyllaceae) and Pteridophytes. B.C. Minist. Environ., Lands and Parks, and B.C. Minist. For., Victoria. 389pp. |
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Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2019. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 17: Magnoliophyta: Tetrachondraceae to Orobanchaceae. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxiv + 737 pp. |
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Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. 2024. Species Summary: Veronica catenata. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 5, 2026).