Calflora: Veronica cusickii

Veronica cusickii A. Gray

Cusick's speedwell

Veronica cusickii, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.

It is included in the CNPS Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants on list 4.3 (limited distribution). 7th Edition / 8th Edition

Communities:	Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest, Alpine Fell-fields, Red Fir Forest, wetland-riparian
Habitat:	meadows [CNPS Inventory]
Wetlands:	Equally likely to occur in wetlands or non wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]
Elevation:	between 8200 and 9200 feet
Family:	PLANTAGINACEAE (PLANTS: SCROPHULARIACEAE)
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Veronica found in California.

Name Status:

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

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See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

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Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Alpine: 13 / 7 CCH Amador: 1 / 1 CCH El Dorado: 2 / 1 CCH Madera: 3 / 3 CCH Mariposa: 1 / 0 CCH Placer: 5 / 1 CCH Sierra: 8 / 8 CCH Siskiyou: 1 / 0 CCH Tuolumne: 2 / 2 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Veronica cusickii from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (VECU)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
CNPS Inventory of rare and endangered plants
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database