Veronica alpina

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 1: 11. 1753.

Common names: Alpine speedwell véronique alpine
Synonyms: Veronica alpina subsp. australis (Wahlenberg) Á. Löve & D. Löve V. alpina var. australis Wahlenberg V. pumila Allioni
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 309. Mentioned on page 307.
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Perennials. Stems ascending, often dark bluish distally, sparsely branched at base, 5–15(–25) cm, eglandular-hairy. Leaves: blade ovate or oblong-elliptic, 7–30 × 4–20 mm, base cuneate, margins indistinctly dentate or entire, apex short-acuminate, abaxial surface glabrate, adaxial ± hairy. Racemes 1, terminal, 5–20 mm, to 30 mm in fruit, (1–)3–20-flowered, axis eglandular-hairy; bracts oblanceolate, 4–5 mm. Pedicels ascending to erect, 1.5–2(–4) mm, shorter than subtending bract, eglandular-hairy. Flowers: calyx lobes 3–4 mm, ciliate, apex obtuse or acuminate, eglandular-hairy; corolla sky blue or blue-violet, sometimes white, rotate, 2.5–5.5 mm diam.; stamens 2–2.3 mm; style 0.5–1.5(–2) mm. Capsules compressed in cross section, obovoid or oblong-obovoid, 4.5–7.5 × 3.5–5.5 mm, ca. as long as wide, apex shallowly emarginate, eglandular-hairy or glabrate. Seeds 9–53, brown to yellow, ellipsoid-oblong, flat, 0.7–1.2 × 0.4–1 mm, 0.1 mm thick, smooth. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering (Jun–)Jul–Aug.
Habitat: Slopes, moist rocks, hillocks, moist alpine and subalpine meadows.
Elevation: 0–1000 m.

Distribution

Greenland, Nunavut, Que., Eurasia.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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Dirk C. Albach +
Linnaeus +
Alpine speedwell +  and véronique alpine +
Greenland +, Nunavut +, Que. +  and Eurasia. +
0–1000 m. +
Slopes, moist rocks, hillocks, moist alpine and subalpine meadows. +
Flowering (Jun–)Jul–Aug. +
Veronica alpina subsp. australis +, V. alpina var. australis +  and V. pumila +
Veronica alpina +
Veronica +
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