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Veronica wormskjoldii is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family known by the common name American alpine speedwell. It is native to much of northern and western North America, including the western United States and northern Canada, from where it grows in moist alpine habitat, such as mountain forest understory. It has a wide subarctic distribution from Alaska to Greenland. This is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing a decumbent to erect, mostly unbranched stem up to 25 to 40 centimeters tall and coated in long hairs. The oppositely arranged leaves are 2 to 4 centimeters long and lack petioles. The flower cluster is a hairy, hairy raceme of flowers at the tip of the stem. Each flower has hairy, lance-shaped sepals and a blue corolla up to a centimeter wide. The fruit is a capsule around half a centimeter long which contains tiny flattened seeds.
Perennial herb
10 - 16 in Tall
Mounding
Moderate
Blue
Summer
Partial Shade
Moderate
Prefers loamy or clay soils. Grows poorly in sandy soils.
Moist places
Lodgepole Forest, Red Fir Forest, Subalpine Forest, Wetland-Riparian
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 2 likely
Variable Checkerspot
Euphydryas chalcedona
Common Buckeye
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