Veronica cusickii |
Veronica grandiflora |
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Cusick's speedwell |
large-flower speedwell |
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Habit | Perennials. | Perennials. |
Stems | erect, unbranched or sparsely branched at base, (5–)10–15(–30) cm, finely glandular-hairy. |
prostrate to erect, unbranched, (3–)5–15(–20) cm, viscid-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 elliptic-ovate, 20–45 × 15–30 mm, 1–3 times as long as wide, base cuneate, margins ± crenate-serrate, apex acute to rounded, abaxial surface with articulate hairs or glabrous, adaxial hirsute, or surfaces sparsely ciliate only. |
Racemes | 1, terminal, (15–)40–80(–130) mm, (4–)8–30(–40)-flowered, axis finely glandular-hairy; bracts lanceolate, 3–7(–11) mm. |
1–4, axillary, 50–150 mm, 3–8-flowered, axis viscid-hairy; bracts oblong, 3–5 mm. |
Pedicels | erect, 3–9 mm, equal to or ± longer than subtending bract, finely glandular-hairy. |
suberect, 8–10 mm, longer than subtending bract, viscid-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 lobes 4 mm, apex obtuse, hairy; corolla bright blue to violet-blue, 8–9 mm diam.; stamens 7 mm; style 7–9 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, obovoid, 9–11 × 7–8 mm, apex emarginate, sparsely hairy. |
Seeds | 28–32, straw colored or dark brown, ovoid, flat, 0.6 × 0.4 mm, 0.1 mm thick, rough. |
unknown. |
2n | = 18, 72. |
= ca. 48–50 (Russia). |
Veronica cusickii |
Veronica grandiflora |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug. | Flowering Jul–Aug. |
Habitat | Gravelly soils, openings in coniferous forests and in subalpine and alpine meadows. | Meadows, between stones, slopes, alpine slopes. |
Elevation | 1500–3200 m. (4900–10500 ft.) | 0–600 m. (0–2000 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; ID; MT; OR; WA; BC
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AK; Asia (Japan, Russia) |
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. 311. |
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Veronica | Plantaginaceae > Veronica |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | V. allenii | V. aphylla var. grandiflora, V. grandiflora var. minor |
Name authority | A. Gray: in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 288. (1878) | Gaertner: Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. 14(1): 531, plate 18, fig. 1. (1770) |
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