Woodystem Speedwell

(Veronica fruticans)

galery

Description

A small, rather woody perennial, restricted to calcareous substrates and occurring on dry open slopes and rock ledges on crags, in sites which are usually S.-facing and inaccessible to grazing animals. Montane, from 540 m (Meal an Fhiodhain, Mid Perth) to 1100 m (Ben Lawers, Mid Perth).

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Lamiales
Family:Plantaginaceae
Genus:Veronica
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