| Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Veronica alpina L. subgen. Veronica |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 11 (1753) |
| Native Range | Europe to Siberia and w. Himalaya, ne. Canada to Greenland |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| 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 | perennial |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Cardia alpina (L.) Dulac Veronica alpina f. albiflora Rosend. Veronica alpina var. australis Wahlenb. Veronica alpina ssp. australis (Wahlenb.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Veronica alpina var. crenata Rchb. Veronica alpina var. heterophylla Rchb. Veronica alpina var. integerrima Rouy Veronica alpina f. integrifolia (Schrank) Bolzon Veronica alpina var. lapponica Wahlenb. Veronica alpina ssp. lasiocarpa (Pennell) Elenevsky Veronica alpina ssp. minuscularia (Pau) Rivas Mart. & Molero Mesa Veronica alpina ssp. pumila (All.) Dostál Veronica alpina var. pusilla Hartm. Veronica alpina var. typica Fernald Veronica carnea Vitman Veronica clarkeana Schult. & Schult.f. Veronica gebhardiana Vest ex Schult. Veronica grandiflora Vest ex Schult. Veronica imbricata Woerl. Veronica integrifolia Schrank Veronica lasiocarpa Pennell Veronica minuscularia Pau Veronica pumila All. Veronica pygmaea Schrank Veronica rotundifolia Schrank Veronica serpyllifolia var. integerrima Beck Veronicastrum alpinum (L.) Fourr. |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, FOR Fřroyar, GRB Great Britain, ICE Iceland, NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (COR Corse, FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, QUE Québec) |