Veronica scutellata
speciesAt a glance
Sources14 archives
Databases and archives Veronica scutellata's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation10 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility107 604 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI17 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics41 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Veronica scutellata is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family known by the common names marsh speedwell, skullcap speedwell, and grassleaf speedwell. It is native to temperate Asia, Europe, northern Africa, and northern North America, including most of Canada and the northern half of the United States. It occurs in moist and wet habitats, such as ponds, marshes and other wetlands. It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial producing a decumbent or upright stem 40-60 cm in maximum height. It is mostly hairless in texture. The purple-green or reddish leaves are oppositely arranged in pairs about the stem, the blades lance-shaped and smooth-edged. The inflorescence is an open array of several flowers on thin, straight pedicels. The flower is up to 1 cm wide with four lobes, the upper lobe being largest. It is white, blue, or purplish with purple veining. It yields a flat, notched capsule a few millimeters wide.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology17
Life cycle & reproduction14
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment11
Physiology & chemistry5
Other traits1
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Veronica scutellata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Veronica scutellata carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 1860×CCDB · ita-fl · CCDB · slov-fl · CCDB · brit-fl +12
2n 01×CCDB · CromoCat 2015
n 96×CCDB · veronic · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · CromoCat 2015
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type107 604 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions135 of 249 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 905 |
| Olocation not on record | 588 |
| LDlocation not on record | 489 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 302 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 270 |
| Uppsala, SE | 247 |
| Trondheim, NO | 235 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 224 |
| Oulu, FI | 220 |
| Tartu, EE | 208 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 201 |
| Brussel, BE | 201 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 199 |
| Philadelphia, US | 140 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 135 |
| Turku, FI | 129 |
| Québec, CA | 124 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 123 |
| Madison, US | 109 |
| Garðabær, IS | 108 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 105 |
| Chicago, US | 91 |
| Pullman, US | 89 |
| Corvallis, US | 87 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 86 |
| St. Paul, US | 85 |
| Salzburg, AT | 79 |
| IFR-DNFlocation not on record | 78 |
| TUR-Alocation not on record | 75 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 73 |
| University of New Hampshirelocation not on record | 72 |
| Görlitz, DE | 68 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 67 |
| Burlington, US | 63 |
| Oregon State Universitylocation not on record | 62 |
| Toronto, CA | 60 |
| Bergen, NO | 58 |
| Tallinn, EE | 56 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 54 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 53 |
| Bern, CH | 52 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 50 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 49 |
| Montréal, CA | 45 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 44 |
| South Kensington, GB | 43 |
| Kuopio, FI | 42 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 41 |
| New Haven, US | 41 |
| Bronx, US | 39 |
| MAlocation not on record | 38 |
| Portland, US | 37 |
| Saint John, CA | 37 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 37 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 36 |
| Bloomington, US | 35 |
| Victoria, CA | 30 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 30 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 29 |
| València, ES | 27 |
| Vitoria, ES | 27 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 26 |
| 25 | |
| Missoula, US | 23 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 23 |
| Moscow, US | 23 |
| Barcelona, ES | 23 |
| BClocation not on record | 21 |
| Salamanca, ES | 21 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 20 |
| PRClocation not on record | 17 |
| Allentown, US | 17 |
| Green Bay, US | 16 |
| University of Wisconsinlocation not on record | 16 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 16 |
| Vancouver, CA | 16 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 15 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 15 |
| Wlocation not on record | 14 |
| Berlin, DE | 14 |
| Uniwersytet Warszawskilocation not on record | 14 |
| Porvoo, FI | 13 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 13 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 13 |
| Davis, US | 13 |
| Hobart, AU | 13 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 12 |
| Helsinki, FI | 12 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 12 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 12 |
| Dresden, DE | 12 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 10 |
| Philadelphia, US | 10 |
| Madrid, ES | 10 |
| Paris, FR | 10 |
| Claremont, US | 10 |
| Mlocation not on record | 10 |
| Arcata, US | 10 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 10 |
| Kandalaksha State Nature Reservelocation not on record | 9 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 9 |
| San Sebastián, ES | 9 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 8 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 8 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 8 |
| nbflocation not on record | 8 |
| Keene State Universitylocation not on record | 8 |
| No collectionlocation not on record | 8 |
| Riverside, US | 8 |
| Lausanne, CH | 7 |
| Bozeman, US | 7 |
| Wellington, NZ | 7 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 7 |
| Zürich, CH | 7 |
| Tilburg, NL | 6 |
| Bangkok, TH | 6 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 6 |
| Davenport, US | 6 |
| Bourges, FR | 6 |
| Staten Island, US | 6 |
| Philadelphia, US | 6 |
| Boise, US | 6 |
| Pocatello, US | 6 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 5 |
| Auckland, NZ | 5 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 5 |
| PrivatHerblocation not on record | 5 |
| Forssa, FI | 5 |
| Angwin, US | 5 |
| Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical Universitylocation not on record | 5 |
| Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record | 5 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 5 |
| Whitehorse, CA | 5 |
| Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowielocation not on record | 4 |
| Durham, US | 4 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 4 |
| Fulda, DE | 4 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 4 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 4 |
| Ypsilanti, US | 4 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 4 |
| Tacoma, US | 4 |
| Ashland, US | 4 |
| Stockholm, SE | 4 |
| UGentlocation not on record | 3 |
| BG-NMNHSlocation not on record | 3 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 3 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 3 |
| Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisienlocation not on record | 3 |
| Pamplona, ES | 3 |
| Royal Botanical Gardenslocation not on record | 3 |
| Chicago, US | 3 |
| Denver, US | 3 |
| Flagstaff, US | 3 |
| Zürich, CH | 3 |
| HJAEFlocation not on record | 3 |
| Cheney, US | 3 |
| H-Adlerlocation not on record | 3 |
| Urumqi, CN | 3 |
| NMBU:MINAlocation not on record | 3 |
| Logan, US | 3 |
| Millersville, US | 3 |
| Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record | 3 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record | 3 |
| Finnish Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 3 |
| National Museum Waleslocation not on record | 3 |
| Caldwell, US | 3 |
| BSBIlocation not on record | 3 |
| FLADlocation not on record | 3 |
| San Jose, US | 3 |
| WINlocation not on record | 2 |
| DOI/NPS, San Juan Island National Historical Parklocation not on record | 2 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 2 |
| Canberra, AU | 2 |
| Granada, ES | 2 |
| Namur, BE | 2 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 2 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 2 |
| Sion, CH | 2 |
| Research Collection of B. A. Bennettlocation not on record | 2 |
| Dekalb, US | 2 |
| Fargo, US | 2 |
| ZRC-SAZUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Washington, US | 2 |
| Bend, US | 2 |
| Rovaniemi, FI | 2 |
| CASlocation not on record | 2 |
| H-AkrKGlocation not on record | 2 |
| Taipei, TW | 2 |
| Göteborg, SE | 1 |
| Whitewater, US | 1 |
| University of British Columbia, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record | 1 |
| Minia, EG | 1 |
| Musée des Confluenceslocation not on record | 1 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 1 |
| Universität Göttingenlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 1 |
| McGill University, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Rotorua, NZ | 1 |
| San Diego, US | 1 |
| KNFHClocation not on record | 1 |
| Sevilla, ES | 1 |
| Yukon Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Memorial University of Newfoundlandlocation not on record | 1 |
| Saint Louis, US | 1 |
| KNFYlocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Mount Rainier National Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| Montréal, CA | 1 |
| Tula State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Salvador, BR | 1 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| IDElocation not on record | 1 |
| Muséum Henri Lecoqlocation not on record | 1 |
| Pittsburg, US | 1 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Bureau of Land Management, Medford District Officelocation not on record | 1 |
| DULlocation not on record | 1 |
| Madrid, ES | 1 |
| Association des Naturalistes de la Vallée du Loing et du Massif de Fontainebleaulocation not on record | 1 |
| Glarus, CH | 1 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 1 |
| Uniwersytet w Białymstokulocation not on record | 1 |
| LUXEMBOURG, LU | 1 |
| Phoenix, US | 1 |
| H-Kunzmannlocation not on record | 1 |
| IPE-CSIClocation not on record | 1 |
| NMWlocation not on record | 1 |
| SEFlocation not on record | 1 |
| Xiamen, CN | 1 |
| Pacific Lutheran Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Provo, US | 1 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Alicante, ES | 1 |
| Boumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Oswego, US | 1 |
| Hamilton, US | 1 |
| Kew, GB | 1 |
| Columbia, US | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| Fredericton Stock Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 1 |
| Henderson, US | 1 |
| Podgorica, ME | 1 |
| Fredericksburg, US | 1 |
| DOI/FWS, Kenai National Wildlife Refugelocation not on record | 1 |
| GAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| San Francisco, US | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Veronica scutellata was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.