| Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Veronica fruticans Jacq. subgen. Fruticulosae |
| Bibliography | Enum. Stirp. Vindob. 2: 200 (1762) |
| Native Range | Europe, Greenland |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 0-3000m |
| Description | leaves oblong to oval, entire or finely dentate, shortly petiolate, flowers with reddish centre, 11-15mm across, in short raceme |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | dark blue |
| Bloom | late summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late spring and early summer |
| Synonyms | Petrodora saxatilis (Scop.) Fourr. Veronica arbustolosa Hoffmanns. Veronica frutescens Scop. Veronica fruticans var. diversifolia (Pau) Molero Mesa & Pérez Raya Veronica fruticans f. glandulifera Vogt ex Schinz & Thell. Veronica fruticulosa var. diversifolia Pau Veronica fruticulosa var. fruticans (Jacq.) Bolzon Veronica fruticulosa ssp. fruticans (Jacq.) Rouy Veronica fruticulosa var. pilosa Gren. Veronica fruticulosa ssp. saxatilis (Scop.) Arcang. Veronica fruticulosa var. saxatilis (Scop.) Pau Veronica gemundiana Bohadsch Veronica rupestris Salisb. Veronica saxatilis Scop. Veronica saxatilis var. microcalyx C.Vicioso |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, FOR Fřroyar, GRB Great Britain, ICE Iceland, NOR Norway, 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 (BUL Bulgaria, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (GNL Greenland) |