Veronica fruticans, the rock speedwell (a name it shares with other members of its genus) or woodystem speedwell (a common name that is hardly in common use), is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae. It is native to nearly all countries in Europe, including the Faroe Islands and Iceland, and Greenland (which is floristically part of North America). It grows either in mountains in the south, or at lower elevations in colder areas in the north of its range. It is the official flower of Bardu Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It has been occasionally cultivated in rock and alpine gardens as a ground cover.[2]

Veronica fruticans
Flowers
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Veronica
Species:
V. fruticans
Binomial name
Veronica fruticans
Synonyms

Veronica saxatilis[a] Scop.

Notes

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  1. ^ common name blue rock speedwell

References

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  1. ^ Enum. stirp. vindob. 2, 200. 1762
  2. ^ Batson, Henrietta M. (1903). A Concise Handbook of Garden Flowers. Methuen. p. 219.