Veronica copelandii

Copeland's speedwell

Family: Plantaginaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.3

Copeland's speedwell is a California native perennial found in the eastern Klamath Ranges, specifically in Trinity and Siskiyou counties, inhabiting subalpine meadows and slopes at elevations below 2,600 meters. Flowering in August, this plant produces pale blue to lavender-rose flowers 8 to 10 millimeters long in terminal racemes with delicate pedicels. Growing with ascending, branched stems 5 to 12 centimeters tall, it forms a rhizomatous base with shaggy, glandular hairs. Its leaves are sessile, oblong to elliptic, 5 to 35 millimeters long, with entire margins and a hairy texture, positioned acutely or obtusely at the stem. The fruit is slightly longer than wide, with a barely perceptible notch at the tip.

Habitat: Subalpine meadows, slopes

Bloom period: Aug

Elevation: < 2600 m

Bioregions: e KR (Trinity, Siskiyou cos.).

California counties: Trinity, Siskiyou, Tuolumne

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.