Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica cusickii A.Gray subgen. Veronica |
Bibliography | Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 288 (1878) |
Native Range | w. Canada to w. USA |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1500-3200m |
Description | leaves opposite, elliptic to ovate, 10-25mm long, glabrous, entire, flowers pedicellate in terminal raceme, corolla 8-13mm across, style conspicuously exserted |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | dark bluish violet |
Bloom | late summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous 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 | Veronica allenii Greenm. Veronica cusickii f. allenii (Greenm.) Pennell Veronica cusickii var. allenii (Greenm.) J.F.Macbr. & Payson |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |