''Veronica aphylla'', common name leafless stemmed speedwell, is a plant belonging to the family

Plantaginaceae Plantaginaceae, the plantain family, is a large, diverse family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales that includes common flowers such as snapdragon and foxglove. It is unrelated to the banana-like fruit also called "plantain." In older cl ...

Description

''Veronica aphylla'' can reach a height of . It is a perennial herbaceous plant with a single, erect, cylindrical, hairy, greenish, flowering stem. It forms a basal rosette of green, elliptical or oval, pubescent leaves, wide and long. Flowers have four blue light petals with darker nerves and two long stamens. They bloom from July to August.

Distribution

This species is native to the mountains of Central and Southern Europe (Alps, Jura, Carpathians, Iberian Peninsula and the Balkans).

Habitat

''Veronica aphylla'' prefers alpine pastures, stony slopes and rocky areas, at elevation of above sea level.

References

BiolibActa PlantarumLuirig.altervista
Flora of Europe agrestis Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Plantaginaceae-stub