Veronica cusickii |
Veronica fruticans |
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Cusick's speedwell |
rock speedwell, woodystem speedwell |
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Habit | Perennials. | Perennials. |
Stems | erect, unbranched or sparsely branched at base, (5–)10–15(–30) cm, finely glandular-hairy. |
ascending to erect, densely branched from woody base, (5–)10–15(–30) cm, eglandular-hairy, sometimes glandular-hairy. |
Leaves | blade elliptic-ovate, (5–)10–25 × 5–10 mm, base cuneate, margins entire or subentire, apex short-acuminate, surfaces glabrous or glabrate. |
blade obovate to ovate or spatulate, sometimes suborbiculate proximally, (7–)8–20(–25) × (2–)3–6(–7) mm, mostly shorter to equal to internodes, base cuneate, margins entire or ± crenate or serrate, apex acute, surfaces glabrous or glabrate. |
Racemes | 1, terminal, (15–)40–80(–130) mm, (4–)8–30(–40)-flowered, axis finely glandular-hairy; bracts lanceolate, 3–7(–11) mm. |
1–10(–20), terminal, rarely with 1–4 axillary, 20–40 mm, (1–)4–10(–18)-flowered, axis glabrate to sparsely eglandular-hairy; bracts linear or linear-lanceolate or long-ovate, (1–)3.5–9(–15) mm. |
Pedicels | erect, 3–9 mm, equal to or ± longer than subtending bract, finely glandular-hairy. |
erect, (2–)5–7(–15) mm, equal to ± longer than subtending bracts, eglandular-hairy. |
Flowers | calyx lobes 2–3 mm, apex acute to obtuse, finely glandular-hairy; corolla deep blue-violet, rarely white, rotate, (8–)10–13 mm diam.; stamens 4–8 mm; style (5–)6–9(–10) mm, conspicuously exerted. |
calyx 4(or 5)-lobed, lobes (2.5–)4.5–6(–8) mm, apex obtuse, eglandular-hairy, sometimes also glandular-hairy; corolla intense blue, sometimes with reddish or white center, rarely white, rotate, (6–)10–14(–15) mm diam.; stamens 5–7 mm; style (3–)5–7(–8.5) mm. |
Capsules | compressed in cross section, oblong-obovoid, 4–6 × 3.5–5.5 mm, ca. as long as wide, apex emarginate, finely glandular-hairy. |
± compressed in cross section, ovoid, (5–)6–8(–9) × (3–)4–4.5(–5.5) mm, longer than wide, apex attenuate to apiculate and acute, rarely rounded, not emarginate, eglandular-hairy, sometimes mixed with larger glandular hairs. |
Seeds | 28–32, straw colored or dark brown, ovoid, flat, 0.6 × 0.4 mm, 0.1 mm thick, rough. |
35–62, orange, ellipsoid, flat, 0.9–1.5 × (0.4–)0.9–1.2 mm, 0.2–0.3 mm thick, smooth. |
2n | = 18, 72. |
= 16. |
Veronica cusickii |
Veronica fruticans |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug. | Flowering (May–)Jun–Aug. |
Habitat | Gravelly soils, openings in coniferous forests and in subalpine and alpine meadows. | Fissures, rocky places, scree. |
Elevation | 1500–3200 m. (4900–10500 ft.) | 0–1000 m. (0–3300 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; ID; MT; OR; WA; BC
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Greenland |
Discussion | Veronica cusickii is sister to V. copelandii and closely related to V. wormskjoldii subsp. nutans (D. C. Albach et al. 2006). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 310. | FNA vol. 17, p. 318. |
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Veronica | Plantaginaceae > Veronica |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | V. allenii | |
Name authority | A. Gray: in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 288. (1878) | Jacquin: Enum. Stirp. Vindob. 2: 200. (1762) |
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