Fingered Speedwell (Veronica triphyllos)
Key Details
| Taxonomic Groups: | Vascular plant > flowering plant > Herbaceous plant |
| Red List Status: | Endangered (Not Relevant) [EN(nr)] |
| D5 Status: | |
| Section 41 Status: | (not listed) |
| Taxa Included Synonym: | (none) |
| UKSI Recommended Name: | Veronica triphyllos |
| UKSI Recommended Authority: | L. |
| UKSI Recommended Qualifier: | (none specified) |
| Red List Citation: | in Stroh et al., 2014 |
| Notes on taxonomy/listing: | (none) |
Criteria
| Question 1: | Does species need conservation or recovery in England? |
| Response: | Yes |
| Justification: | CR: 1 known native site remains, and teeters on the brink, but there are 2 healthy, extant translocations |
| Question 2: | Does recovery/ conservation depend on species-specific actions? |
| Response: | Yes |
| Justification: | Site isolated and under threat - used to spread with arable seeds but not anymore |
| Question 3: | At a landscape scale, would the species benefit from untargeted habitat management to increase habitat mosaics, structural diversity, or particular successional stages? |
| Response: | Yes |
| Justification: | Could benefit from large-scale Breck restoration, but there is a need to stabilise the population with more sustainable reintroductions |
Species Assessment
| Current step on the Species Recovery Curve (SRC): | 7. Best approach adopted at appropriate scales |
| Recovery potential/expectation: | Medium-high |
| National Monitoring Resource: | Structured - sufficient |
| Species Comments: |
Key Actions
Key Action 1
Proposed Action: Locate potential reintroduction sites and prepare them for translocation
Action targets: 6. Recovery solutions trialled
Action type: Habitat management
Duration: 3-5 years
Scale of Implementation: ≤ 10 sites
High priority sites: Tuddenham (Suffolk), Icklingham
Comments: Actions 1 &2 are interdependent and must be carried out in order
Key Action 2
Proposed Action: Reintroduced into locations prepared under Action 1
Action targets: 6. Recovery solutions trialled
Action type: (Re-)introduction
Duration: 3-5 years
Scale of Implementation: ≤ 10 sites
High priority sites: Tuddenham (Suffolk), Icklingham
Comments:
Key Action 3
Proposed Action: suggest an action to restore the Rosecroft Way, Thetford site by taking control of garden/s/veges/banks, removing trees and creating bare ground. Once the most important site, declining since the housebuilding. Could be maintained permanently, but important role as donor population. Associated important flora at this site.
Action targets: 6. Recovery solutions trialled
Action type: Habitat management
Duration: 3-5 years
Scale of Implementation: 1 site
High priority sites:
Comments:
Acknowledgment:
Data used on this website are adapted from Threatened species recovery actions 2025 baseline (JP065): Technical report and spreadsheet user guide (Natural England, 2025). Available here.