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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Veronica stelleri
|accepted_authority=Link
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Jahrb. Gewächsk.
|place=1(3): 40. 1820
|year=1820
}}
|common_names=Steller's speedwell
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Veronica stelleri var. glabrescens
|authority=Hultén
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=V. wormskjoldii var. stelleri
|authority=(Link) S. L. Welsh
}}
|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Veronica;Veronica stelleri
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Plantaginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Veronica]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Veronica stelleri]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 307, 311
|treatment_page=page 310
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials.</b> Stems erect to ascending, unbranched, (5–)10–20(–25) cm, eglandular-hairy. <b>Leaves</b>: blade ovate, 15–30 × 10–20 mm, base rounded, margins dentate or serrate, apex subacute to subobtuse, surfaces eglandular-hairy. <b>Racemes</b> 1, terminal, 10–60 mm, to 100 mm in fruit, 5–15-flowered, axis hairy; bracts lanceolate, 2–5 mm. <b>Pedicels</b> erect, 2–11 mm, equal to longer than subtending bract, crisp-hairy. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes 4–5 mm, eglandular-ciliate, apex acuminate, glabrous or sparsely hairy; corolla pale blue or violet, rotate, 8–10 mm diam.; stamens 7 mm; style 3–6 mm. <b>Capsules</b> compressed in cross section, oblong, 5–6(–8) × 3–4.5 mm, longer than wide, apex ± emarginate, glabrous proximally, hairy distally. <b>Seeds</b> number unknown, brown, ovoid, flat, 1–1.5 × 0.7–1.2 mm, thickness and texture unknown. <b>2n</b> = 18 (Japan, Russia).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jul–Sep.
|habitat=Dry to moderately moist slopes, meadows in alpine regions, moraines.
|elevation=0–1800 m.
|distribution=Alaska;Asia (Japan;Korea;Russia).
|discussion=<p><i>Veronica stelleri</i> may be difficult to differentiate from 4b. <i>V. wormskjoldii </i>subsp.<i> nutans</i> where sympatric.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Veronica stelleri
|author=
|authority=Link
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Veronica stelleri var. glabrescens;V. wormskjoldii var. stelleri
|basionyms=
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jul–Sep.
|habitat=Dry to moderately moist slopes, meadows in alpine regions, moraines.
|elevation=0–1800 m.
|distribution=Alaska;Asia (Japan;Korea;Russia).
|reference=None
|publication title=Jahrb. Gewächsk.
|publication year=1820
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_749.xml
|genus=Veronica
|species=Veronica stelleri
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