Brooklime

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Brooklime
Veronica beccabunga
Veronica beccabunga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Scrophulariales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Veronica
Species: V. beccabunga
Binomial name
Veronica beccabunga
L.

Brooklime (Veronica beccabunga) is a succulent herb belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. It grows on the margins of brooks and ditches in Europe, North Africa and north and western Asia. It has smooth spreading branches, blunt oblong leaves and small bright blue or pink flowers.

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This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

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