Veronica dissecta ssp. lanuginosa
Plantaginaceae
Olympic Cut-Leaf Synthyris
Erect stem with spikes of deep blue flowers. Plant coated with soft white hairs. Leaves pinnately divided, 9–15 segments cut again into lance-shaped to linear, toothed lobes. Flower stem leafless, longer than leaves, dense spike of flowers 1/2–2 in. long. Flowers are short slightly bent tubes with 4 lobes, upper lobes somewhat hood-shaped, 2 stamens extending outward. Grows in gravelly alpine summits in Olympic Mountains, where it is at risk from mountain goats.
- Rarity: Endemic
- Flowering Time: Late Spring, Early Summer
- Flower Form: 4 petals, (Scrophulariaceae)
- Life Cycle: Perennial
- Height: 3–7 inches
- Habitat: Alpine
- Found In: Olympic NP
- Native: Yes
- Latin Synonyms: Synthyris lanuginosa, Synthyris pinnatifida ssp. lanuginosa
