Veronica tenuifolia, Asso

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

16. V. tenuifolia Asso , Syn. Stirp. Arag. 2 (1779)

(K assoana (Boiss.) Willk.; incl. V. commutata Willk. , non Seidl).

Crispatepubescent throughout. Stems 10-15 cm, decumbent to ascending, slender, woody at the base. Leaves 6-15(-20) mm, crowded, 1- to 2-pinnatisect with linear-oblong segments. Racemes 1-4, 0-5-2 cm in flower, up to 5(-7) cm in fruit; pedicels 4-5 mm; bracts 3 mm. Calyx 3-5 mm; segments 4 or 5, unequal. Corolla c. 10 mm in diameter, bright blue. Capsule 5 x 4-5 mm, obcordate, puberulent. Dry grassland. • N.E. Spain. Hs. Very similar to some variants of 13(d), but usually distinct in the much shorter internodes, especially in the upper part of the stem.