General:
Perennial herb from a shallow rhizome; stems erect or decumbent at the base; 10-30 cm tall, simple, long wavy-hairy, also glandular in the inflorescence.

Leaves:
Opposite, unstalked, elliptic to lanceolate, 1-4 cm long, entire to blunt-toothed, smooth to long-wavy-hairy.

Flowers:
Inflorescence a terminal bracted raceme, at first compact then elongating, of several stalked flowers; corollas violet-purple to light blue, saucer-shaped, 6-10 mm across, irregularly 4-lobed, the lobes much longer than the short tube, the upper lobe largest, the lowest lobe narrower than the others; calyces glandular-hairy, deeply 4-lobed, the lobes lanceolate, 3-6 mm long; styles short, 1-3 mm long; stamens 2, exerted, the filaments 1-1.5 mm long.

Fruits:
Capsules, 4-7 mm long, flattened, heart-shaped, longer than wide, notched at the tip, glandular-hairy; seeds numerous, flat, about 1 mm long.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.

Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Veronica alpina var. alterniflora Fernald
Veronica alpina var. cascadensis Fernald
Veronica alpina var. geminiflora Fernald
Veronica alpina var. nutans (Bong.) B. Boivin
Veronica alpina var. terrae-novae Fernald
Veronica alpina var. unalaschcensis Cham. & Schltdl.
Veronica alpina var. wormskjoldii
Veronica nutans Bong.
Veronica stelleri var. glabrescens Hultén
Veronica wormskjoldii subsp. alterniflora (Fernald) Pennell