Veronica wormskjoldiiRoem. & Schult.

Alpine SpeedwellAmerican alpine speedwell

WFO wfo-0001137209 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Veronica wormskjoldii, photographed by J Straka
fig. a J Straka, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-08-27 / obs. 154257604
Veronica wormskjoldii, photographed by John Brew
fig. b John Brew, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150455716
Veronica wormskjoldii, photographed by Drew Meyer
fig. c Drew Meyer, CC0 1.0 / obs. 146004980
Veronica wormskjoldii, photographed by J Straka
fig. d J Straka, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 151503432
Veronica wormskjoldii, photographed by Lindsey Salmonson
fig. e Lindsey Salmonson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 147700445
Veronica wormskjoldii, photographed by Ellyne Geurts
fig. f Ellyne Geurts, CC0 1.0 / obs. 163222425
Veronica wormskjoldii, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. g Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 143570031
Veronica wormskjoldii, photographed by Paul McClellan
fig. h Paul McClellan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 146536921

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Native range 25 botanical countries

Regions where Veronica wormskjoldii is native: Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Greenland, Idaho, Labrador, Maine, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Québec, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Yukon AlaskaAlbertaArizonaBritish ColumbiaCaliforniaColoradoGreenlandIdahoLabradorMaineMontanaNevadaNew HampshireNew MexicoNewfoundlandNorthwest TerritoriesNunavutOntarioOregonQuébecUtahWashingtonWyomingYukon
Native distribution of Veronica wormskjoldii, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alaska ASK NORTHERN AMERICA
Alberta ABT
Aleutian Is. ALU
Arizona ARI
British Columbia BRC
California CAL
Colorado COL
Greenland GNL
Idaho IDA
Labrador LAB
Maine MAI
Montana MNT
Nevada NEV
New Hampshire NWH
New Mexico NWM
Newfoundland NFL
Northwest Territories NWT
Nunavut NUN
Ontario ONT
Oregon ORE
Québec QUE
Utah UTA
Washington WAS
Wyoming WYO
Yukon YUK

Not drawn on the map: Aleutian Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 17 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Veronica alpina subsp. wormskjoldii (Roem. & Schult.) Elenevsky
  • Veronica alpina var. alterniflora Fernald
  • Veronica alpina var. cascadensis Fernald
  • Veronica alpina var. geminiflora Fernald
  • Veronica alpina var. nutans (Bong.) Ledeb.
  • Veronica alpina var. terrae-novae Fernald
  • Veronica alpina var. unalaschcensis Cham. & Schltdl.
  • Veronica alpina var. wormskioldii (Roem. & Schult.) Hook.
  • Veronica alpina var. wormskjoldii (Roem. & Schult.) Hook.
  • Veronica mollis Raf.
  • Veronica nutans Bong.
  • Veronica villosa Wormsk. ex Roem. & Schult.
  • Veronica wormskjoldii f. albiflora Cody
  • Veronica wormskjoldii subsp. alterniflora (Fernald) Pennell
  • Veronica wormskjoldii subsp. nutans (Bong.) Albach
  • Veronica wormskjoldii var. nutans (Bong.) Pennell
  • Veronica wormskjoldii var. wormskjoldii

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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