Veronica alpina

Veronica alpina
	Botanical illustration
	In bloom
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Plantaginaceae
Genus:	Veronica
Species:	V. alpina
Binomial name
	Veronica alpina; L.[1]
Synonyms[2]
	List Cardia alpina (L.) Dulac; Veronica alpina f. albiflora Rosenv.; Veronica alpina var. australis Wahlenb.; Veronica alpina subsp. australis (Wahlenb.) Á.Löve & D.Löve; Veronica alpina subsp. lasiocarpa (Pennell) Elenevsky; Veronica alpina subsp. minuscularia (Pau) Rivas Mart. & Molero Mesa; Veronica carnea Vitman; Veronica clarkeana Schult. & Schult.f.; Veronica gebhardiana Vest ex Schult.; Veronica grandifolia Vest ex Schult.; Veronica imbricata Woerl.; Veronica integrifolia Schrank; Veronica lasiocarpa Pennell; Veronica minuscularia Pau; Veronica pumila All.; Veronica pygmaea Schrank; Veronica rotundifolia Schrank; Veronicastrum alpinum (L.) Fourr.; ;

Veronica alpina, the alpine speedwell or alpine veronica, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Veronica, native to Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroes, Svalbard, most of Europe, parts of Siberia, northern Pakistan, the western Himalayas, and Tibet.[2] It is the namesake of the Veronica alpina species complex, which also includes V. bellidioides, V. copelandii, V. cusickii, V. nipponica, V. nutans, V. stelleri and V. wormskjoldii.[3]

References

Sp. Pl.: 11 (1753)
"Veronica alpina L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
Albach, Dirk C.; Schönswetter, Peter; Tribsch, Andreas (2006). "Comparative phylogeography of the Veronica alpina complex in Europe and North America". Molecular Ecology. 15 (11): 3269–3286. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02980.x. PMID 16968270. S2CID 19640405.

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[1] Sp. Pl.: 11 (1753)

[811595-1-2] "Veronica alpina L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

[3] Albach, Dirk C.; Schönswetter, Peter; Tribsch, Andreas (2006). "Comparative phylogeography of the Veronica alpina complex in Europe and North America". Molecular Ecology. 15 (11): 3269–3286. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02980.x. PMID 16968270. S2CID 19640405.