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Veronica besseya
Veronica besseya is a plant species in the veronica family that is also known by the scientific names Synthyris alpina and Besseya alpina as well as alpine kittentails.
Alpine kittentails are native to the Rocky Mountains of southern Wyoming, Colorado, and Northern New Mexico. Additionally, an isolated population grows in the LaSal Mountains in southeastern Utah. They range from as low as 2,800 meters (9,200 ft) to as high as 4,300 meters (14,100 ft). Its habitat is moist rocky meadows, boulder fields, and the scree as the base of cliffs.
Northern Kittentails · Bull's Kittentails · Tailed kittentails · Snowqueen · Ritter's Kittentails
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Veronica besseya 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.
