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Veronica biloba

Veronica wormskjoldii

American alpine speedwell
Habit Perennial from shallow rhizomes, the stems erect, simple, 0.7-3 dm. tall, with loosely spreading hairs.
Leaves

Leaves opposite, elliptic to lanceolate or ovate, 1-4 cm. long and 0.5-2 cm. wide, entire or slightly toothed.
Flowers

Flowers on short pedicels in a compact, terminal raceme, becoming more elongate, the upper subtending bracts alternate;

sepals 4;

corolla deep blue-violet, 6-10 mm. wide, rotate, 4-lobed, the upper lobe the largest;

stamens 2, filaments 1-1.5 mm. long;

style 1-3 mm. long.
Fruits

Capsule 4-7 mm. high, higher than wide, broadly notched, glandular-pubescent.

Veronica biloba

Veronica wormskjoldii
Flowering time July-September
Habitat Moist ground and seeps, mid- to high elevations in the mountains.
Distribution
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
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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. 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
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