Veronica aragonensis, Stroh

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 246

22. V. aragonensis Stroh , Beih. Bot. Centr. 61 B: 398 (1942).

Stems 10-25 cm, ascending or decumbent, weak and flexuous, crispate-pubescent. Leaves 7-10 x 2-4 mm, oblong to elliptical, entire or crenate, glabrous or pubescent. Racemes 1-2, 2-6 cm, rather lax, sometimes pseudo-terminal; pedicels 2-4 mm; bracts 3-5 mm. Calyx 5-6 mm; segments 4, oblong-elliptical, obtuse, glandular-pubescent, somewhat unequal. Corolla 8-10 mm in diameter, pale blue. Capsule 5 mm, about as wide as long, pubescent, emarginate. Calcareous rocks and screes. • C. Pyrenees. Hs.

A little-known species requiring further study. It has been treated by some authors as related to V. serpyllifolia , but the structure of the seed as well as the position of the raceme justify its assignment to Sect. Veronica .