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Veronica agrestis

Veronica cusickii

Cusick's speedwell
Habit Perennial from shallow rhizomes, the stem simple, erect or curved at the base, 0.6-2 dm. tall, thinly puberulent.
Leaves

Leaves opposite, elliptic to ovate or obovate, 1-2.5 mm. long and 5-14 mm. wide, glabrous, entire.
Flowers

Inflorescence a terminal, bracteate raceme, the flowers pedicellate, at least the upper bracts alternate;

sepals 4, unequal;

corolla deep blue-violet, rotate, 8-13 mm. wide, 4-lobed, the upper lobe the largest;

style exerted, 6-10 mm. long;

stamens 2, filaments 4-8 mm. long.
Fruits

Capsule glandular-pubescent, somewhat notched, 4-6 mm. high, higher than wide.

Veronica agrestis

Veronica cusickii
Flowering time July-September
Habitat Open, moist, rocky slopes from subalpine to alpine.
Distribution
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia south to California, east to Idaho and Montana.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
V. americana, V. anagallis-aquatica, V. argute-serrata, V. arvensis, V. catenata, V. chamaedrys, V. cusickii, V. dissecta, V. filiformis, V. hederifolia, V. ×lackschewitzii, V. longifolia, V. missurica, V. officinalis, V. peregrina, V. persica, V. polita, V. regina-nivalis, V. rubra, V. schizantha, V. scutellata, V. serpyllifolia, V. triphyllos, V. verna, V. wormskjoldii
V. americana, V. anagallis-aquatica, V. argute-serrata, V. arvensis, V. catenata, V. chamaedrys, V. dissecta, V. filiformis, V. hederifolia, V. ×lackschewitzii, V. longifolia, V. missurica, V. officinalis, V. peregrina, V. persica, V. polita, V. regina-nivalis, V. rubra, V. schizantha, V. scutellata, V. serpyllifolia, V. triphyllos, V. verna, V. wormskjoldii
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