| Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Veronica alpina L. subgen. Veronica |
| Synonyms | Veronica carnea Vitm. |
| Veronica lasiocarpa Pennell | |
| Veronica pumila All. | |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 0-3500m |
| Description | hirsute, leaves grey-green, oval to elliptic, entire or finely dentate, sessile, flowers 7mm in small heads |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | late summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late spring |
| Territory |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Finland , Fřroyar , Great Britain , Iceland , Norway , Svalbard , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (Corse , France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (North European Russia , Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia ) China (Tibet ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (Pakistan , West Himalaya ) Northern America Subarctic America (Greenland , Nunavut ) Eastern Canada (Québec) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | PLANTAGINACEAE
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