Veronica alpina

Veronica alpina
	Botanical illustration
	In bloom
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Plantaginaceae
Genus:	Veronica
Species:	V. alpina
Binomial name
	Veronica alpina; L.
Synonyms
	List Cardia alpina (L.) Dulac; Veronica alpina f. albiflora Rosenv.; Veronica alpina var. australis Wahlenb.; Veronica alpina subsp. australis (Wahlenb.) Á.Löve & D.Löve; Veronica alpina subsp. lasiocarpa (Pennell) Elenevsky; Veronica alpina subsp. minuscularia (Pau) Rivas Mart. & Molero Mesa; Veronica carnea Vitman; Veronica clarkeana Schult. & Schult.f.; Veronica gebhardiana Vest ex Schult.; Veronica grandifolia Vest ex Schult.; Veronica imbricata Woerl.; Veronica integrifolia Schrank; Veronica lasiocarpa Pennell; Veronica minuscularia Pau; Veronica pumila All.; Veronica pygmaea Schrank; Veronica rotundifolia Schrank; Veronicastrum alpinum (L.) Fourr.; ;

Veronica alpina, the alpine speedwell or alpine veronica, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Veronica, native to Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroes, Svalbard, most of Europe, parts of Siberia, northern Pakistan, the western Himalayas, and Tibet. It is the namesake of the Veronica alpina species complex, which also includes V. bellidioides, V. copelandii, V. cusickii, V. nipponica, V. nutans, V. stelleri and V. wormskjoldii.