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Northern Kittentails

Veronica alaskensis

Northern Kittentails
Photo: NEON Science, CC BY 2.0
Family
Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Subarctic America
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Veronica alaskensis, known as Alaska speedwell or northern kittentails, is a flowering plant in the genus Veronica of the family Plantaginaceae. It was first formally named in 1933 by Francis W. Pennell and was transferred to the genus Veronica in 2004. Veronica alaskensis is native to Alaska and Yukon.

Other Synthyris plants

Alpine Kittentails · Bull's Kittentails · Tailed kittentails · Snowqueen · Ritter's Kittentails

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Veronica alaskensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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