Veronica nummularia, Gouan

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 : 244

8. V. nummularia Gouan , Obs. Bot. 1 (1773)

( V. nummulariifolia auct.).

Stems 5-15 cm, procumbent, matted, woody and leafless below, with short, ascending, crispate-pubescent flowering branches. Leaves 4-5 x 3-4 mm, broadly elliptical to ovateorbicular, entire, ciliate towards the base, shortly petiolate. Racemes capitate, with 5-10 flowers, elongating to 1-5 cm in fruit; pedicels c. 1 mm; bracts similar to foliage-leaves but smaller. Calyx 3-5 mm; segments 4, oblong, ciliate. Corolla 6 mm in diameter, blue or pink; lobes narrow, suberect. Capsule 3-5-4 mm, suborbicular, slightly emarginate, ciliate; style 3-5 mm. 2« =16. Damp rocks and screes above 1800 m. • Pyrenees, Cordillera Cantâbrica. Ga Hs.