Veronica alpina |
Veronica stelleri |
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alpine speedwell, véronique alpine |
Steller's speedwell |
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Habit | Perennials. | Perennials. |
Stems | ascending, often dark bluish distally, sparsely branched at base, 5–15(–25) cm, eglandular-hairy. |
erect to ascending, unbranched, (5–)10–20(–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. |
blade ovate, 15–30 × 10–20 mm, base rounded, margins dentate or serrate, apex subacute to subobtuse, surfaces eglandular-hairy. |
Racemes | 1, terminal, 5–20 mm, to 30 mm in fruit, (1–)3–20-flowered, axis eglandular-hairy; bracts oblanceolate, 4–5 mm. |
1, terminal, 10–60 mm, to 100 mm in fruit, 5–15-flowered, axis hairy; bracts lanceolate, 2–5 mm. |
Pedicels | ascending to erect, 1.5–2(–4) mm, shorter than subtending bract, eglandular-hairy. |
erect, 2–11 mm, equal to longer than subtending bract, crisp-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. |
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. |
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. |
compressed in cross section, oblong, 5–6(–8) × 3–4.5 mm, longer than wide, apex ± emarginate, glabrous proximally, hairy distally. |
Seeds | 9–53, brown to yellow, ellipsoid-oblong, flat, 0.7–1.2 × 0.4–1 mm, 0.1 mm thick, smooth. |
number unknown, brown, ovoid, flat, 1–1.5 × 0.7–1.2 mm, thickness and texture unknown. |
2n | = 18. |
= 18 (Japan, Russia). |
Veronica alpina |
Veronica stelleri |
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Phenology | Flowering (Jun–)Jul–Aug. | Flowering Jul–Sep. |
Habitat | Slopes, moist rocks, hillocks, moist alpine and subalpine meadows. | Dry to moderately moist slopes, meadows in alpine regions, moraines. |
Elevation | 0–1000 m. (0–3300 ft.) | 0–1800 m. (0–5900 ft.) |
Distribution |
NU; QC; Greenland; Eurasia |
AK; Asia (Japan, Korea, Russia) |
Discussion | Veronica stelleri may be difficult to differentiate from 4b. V. wormskjoldii subsp. nutans where sympatric. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 309. | FNA vol. 17, p. 310. |
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Synonyms | V. alpina subsp. australis, V. alpina var. australis, V. pumila | V. stelleri var. glabrescens, V. wormskjoldii var. stelleri |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 11. (1753) | Link: Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 40. (1820) |
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