Veronica cusickii

A. Gray

in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 288. 1878.

Common names: Cusick's speedwell
Endemic
Synonyms: Veronica allenii Greenman
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 310. Mentioned on page 307.

Perennials. Stems erect, unbranched or sparsely branched at base, (5–)10–15(–30) cm, finely glandular-hairy. Leaves: blade elliptic-ovate, (5–)10–25 × 5–10 mm, base cuneate, margins entire or subentire, apex short-acuminate, surfaces glabrous or glabrate. Racemes 1, terminal, (15–)40–80(–130) mm, (4–)8–30(–40)-flowered, axis finely glandular-hairy; bracts lanceolate, 3–7(–11) mm. Pedicels erect, 3–9 mm, equal to or ± longer than subtending bract, finely glandular-hairy. Flowers: calyx lobes 2–3 mm, apex acute to obtuse, finely glandular-hairy; corolla deep blue-violet, rarely white, rotate, (8–)10–13 mm diam.; stamens 4–8 mm; style (5–)6–9(–10) mm, conspicuously exerted. Capsules compressed in cross section, oblong-obovoid, 4–6 × 3.5–5.5 mm, ca. as long as wide, apex emarginate, finely glandular-hairy. Seeds 28–32, straw colored or dark brown, ovoid, flat, 0.6 × 0.4 mm, 0.1 mm thick, rough. 2n = 18, 72.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Gravelly soils, openings in coniferous forests and in subalpine and alpine meadows.
Elevation: 1500–3200 m.

Distribution

B.C., Calif., Idaho, Mont., Oreg., Wash.

Discussion

Veronica cusickii is sister to V. copelandii and closely related to V. wormskjoldii subsp. nutans (D. C. Albach et al. 2006).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Dirk C. Albach +
A. Gray +
Cusick's speedwell +
B.C. +, Calif. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Oreg. +  and Wash. +
1500–3200 m. +
Gravelly soils, openings in coniferous forests and in subalpine and alpine meadows. +
Flowering Jun–Aug. +
in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. +
Veronica allenii +
Veronica cusickii +
Veronica +
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