| Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Veronica besseya M.M.Mart.Ort. & Albach subgen. Synthyris |
| Bibliography | Taxon 53: 441 (2004) |
| Native Range | Wyoming to New Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 2800-4300m |
| Description | leaves lanate, elliptic to ovate, ca. 5cm long, flowers in compact spike, 6mm long, lower lip curvate downwards |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
| Synonyms | Besseya alpina (A.Gray) Rydb. Synthyris alpina A.Gray Wulfenia alpina (A.Gray) Greene |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |