Veronica grandiflora
Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. 14(1): 531, plate 18, fig. 1. 1770.
Perennials. Stems prostrate to erect, unbranched, (3–)5–15(–20) cm, viscid-hairy. Leaves: blade elliptic-ovate, 20–45 × 15–30 mm, 1–3 times as long as wide, base cuneate, margins ± crenate-serrate, apex acute to rounded, abaxial surface with articulate hairs or glabrous, adaxial hirsute, or surfaces sparsely ciliate only. Racemes 1–4, axillary, 50–150 mm, 3–8-flowered, axis viscid-hairy; bracts oblong, 3–5 mm. Pedicels suberect, 8–10 mm, longer than subtending bract, viscid-hairy. Flowers: calyx lobes 4 mm, apex obtuse, hairy; corolla bright blue to violet-blue, 8–9 mm diam.; stamens 7 mm; style 7–9 mm. Capsules compressed in cross section, obovoid, 9–11 × 7–8 mm, apex emarginate, sparsely hairy. Seeds unknown. 2n = ca. 48–50 (Russia).
Phenology: Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat: Meadows, between stones, slopes, alpine slopes.
Elevation: 0–600 m.
Distribution
Alaska, Asia (Japan, Russia).
Discussion
Selected References
None.