Veronica cusickii
Cusick's Speedwell

Family: Scrophulariaceae (Figwort family)

Photo taken at Swauk Pass, open wet meadow, elevation 5600 ft.

Flowers:

terminal inflorescences; corolla 10 to 13 mm, blue; sepals 2 to 3 mm; style 6 to 10 mm; filaments 4 to 8 mm

Fruit:

5 to 6 mm, longer than wide, glandular-hairy

Leaves:

5 to 25 mm, alternate, elliptic to ovate, sessile

Plant:

rhizomed perennial; ascending, 10 to 15 cm tall; glandular hairy

Habitat:

forest openings and meadows at higher elevations in the mountains

Distribution of species:

Washington to California

Distribution of genus:

more or less 250 species: northern temperate regions, especially in Eurasia