''Veronica dabneyi'', the Azores speedwell, is a flowering plant species of 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 ...

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to the

Azores ) , motto =( en, "Rather die free than subjected in peace") , anthem= ( en, "Anthem of the Azores") , image_map=Locator_map_of_Azores_in_EU.svg , map_alt=Location of the Azores within the European Union , map_caption=Location of the Azores wi ...

. It inhabits very humid rocky slopes, and also close to waterfalls and lake margins, at altitudes between . It is present in the

Western Group The Western Group is one of the island groups of the Azores, Portugal. It comprises the islands of Flores and Corvo, situated on the North American Continental Plate of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a mid-ocean ridge (a div ...

( Corvo and

Flores Flores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the eastern half of Indonesia. Including the Komodo Islands off its west coast (but excluding the Solor Archipelago to the east of Flores), the land area is 15,530.58 km2, and th ...

) It was thought to be extinct as it had not been observed since 1938, but was rediscovered in 1999, making it a Lazarus taxon.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q10389882 dabneyi Endemic flora of the Azores