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60.) VERONICACEAE - Speedwell family

  • Digitalis purpurea L. (Foxglove) / Woodland
  • Erinus alpinus L. (Fairy Foxglove) General
  • Veronica officinalis L. (Heath Speedwell) - Grassland
  • Veronica montana L. (Wood Speedwell) / Woodland
  • Veronica scutellata L. (var. scutellata - Stace, NBN) (Marsh Speedwell) Wetland
  • Veronica beccabunga L. (Brooklime) / Wetland
  • Veronica anagallis-aquatica L. (Blue Water-speedwell) - Wetland
  • Veronica catenata Pennell (Pink water-speedwell) / Wetland
  • Veronica peregrina L. (American Speedwell) General
  • Veronica serpyllifolia L. ssp. serpyllifolia (Thyme-leaved Speedwell) / General
  • Veronica spicata L. ssp. hybrida (L.) Gaudin (Spiked Speedwell / Western Spiked Speedwell - NBN) /- General
  • Veronica hederifolia L. ssp. hederifolia (Ivy-leaved Speedwell) / General
  • Veronica hederifolia L. ssp. lucorum (Klett & Richt.) Hartl (Ivy-leaved Speedwell) / General
  • Veronica crista-galli Steven (Crested Field-speedwell) General
  • Veronica filiformis Sm. (Slender Speedwell) / Grassland
  • Veronica agrestis L. (Green Field-speedwell) / General
  • Veronica polita Fr. (Grey Field-speedwell) / General
  • Veronica persica Poir. (Common Field-speedwell) / General
  • Veronica chamaedrys L. (Germander Speedwell) / General
  • Veronica arvensis L. (Wall Speedwell) / General
  • Antirrhinum majus L. (Snapdragon) / General
  • Chaenorhinum minus (L.) Lange (Small Toadflax) / General
  • Misopates orontium (L.) Raf. (Weasel's-snout) General
  • Cymbalaria muralis P. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb. ssp. muralis (Ivy-leaved Toadflax) / General
  • Kickxia elatine (L.) Dumort. (Sharp-leaved Fluellen) /- General
  • Kickxia spuria (L.) Dumort. (Round-leaved Fluellen) - General
  • Linaria vulgaris Mill. (Common Toadflax) / General
  • Linaria vulgaris x L. repens = L. x sepium G.J. Allman (Stace, NBN) (Common x Pale Toadflax) 1969 General
  • Linaria purpurea (L.) Mill. (Purple Toadflax) / General
  • Linaria purpurea x L. repens = L. x dominii Druce (Purple x Pale Toadflax) General
  • Linaria repens (L.) Mill. (Pale Toadflax) - General
  • Linaria supina (L.) Chaz. (Prostrate Toadflax) General
  • Linaria maroccana Hook. f. (Annual Toadflax) / General

Species to add:

  • Asarina procumbens Mill. (Trailing Snapdragon) General - 1 record
  • Antirrhinum molle (Dwarf Snapdragon) - in stonework in St James Square, Bath (Nature in Avon, 2025, p. 202) - BRLSI

Linaria repens record on railway ballast at Temple Meads in 2024 by R.J. Higgins - [Nature in Avon 2025, p. 194]