Flora of North America species comparison

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Veronica stelleri

Steller's speedwell
Habit Perennials.
Stems

erect to ascending, unbranched, (5–)10–20(–25) cm, eglandular-hairy.
Leaves

blade ovate, 15–30 × 10–20 mm, base rounded, margins dentate or serrate, apex subacute to subobtuse, surfaces eglandular-hairy.
Racemes

1, terminal, 10–60 mm, to 100 mm in fruit, 5–15-flowered, axis hairy;

bracts lanceolate, 2–5 mm.
Pedicels

erect, 2–11 mm, equal to longer than subtending bract, crisp-hairy.
Flowers

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, oblong, 5–6(–8) × 3–4.5 mm, longer than wide, apex ± emarginate, glabrous proximally, hairy distally.
Seeds

number unknown, brown, ovoid, flat, 1–1.5 × 0.7–1.2 mm, thickness and texture unknown.
2n

= 18 (Japan, Russia).

Veronica stelleri
Phenology Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat Dry to moderately moist slopes, meadows in alpine regions, moraines.
Elevation 0–1800 m. (0–5900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
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.)
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 310.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Veronica
Sibling taxa
V. agrestis, V. alpina, V. americana, V. anagallis-aquatica, V. argute-serrata, V. arvensis, V. beccabunga, V. biloba, V. catenata, V. chamaedrys, V. copelandii, V. cusickii, V. cymbalaria, V. dillenii, V. filiformis, V. fruticans, V. grandiflora, V. hederifolia, V. longifolia, V. officinalis, V. peregrina, V. persica, V. polita, V. scutellata, V. serpyllifolia, V. spicata, V. sublobata, V. teucrium, V. triloba, V. triphyllos, V. undulata, V. verna, V. wormskjoldii
Synonyms V. stelleri var. glabrescens, V. wormskjoldii var. stelleri
Name authority Link: Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 40. (1820)
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