Veronica austriaca subsp. teucrium
Broadleaf speedwell
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6/9/2013 · Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Hollis, New Hampshire · ≈ 9 × 6″ (22 × 15 cm) 
6/9/2013 · Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Hollis, New Hampshire · ≈ 6 × 5″ (15 × 13 cm) 
6/9/2013 · Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Hollis, New Hampshire · ≈ 6 × 4½″ (16 × 12 cm) 
6/9/2013 · Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Hollis, New Hampshire · ≈ 9 × 6″ (22 × 15 cm) 
Might be the ‘Crater Lake Blue’ cultivar · 6/11/2025 · Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, Maine · ≈ 10 × 6″ (24 × 16 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Asteridae | A large class that encompasses asters |
| Order | Lamiales | Aromatic herbs and shrubs, including lavender, lilac, olive, jasmine, ash, teak, snapdragon, sesame, psyllium, garden sage, mint, basil, and rosemary |
| Family | Plantaginaceae | Plantains |
| Genus | Veronica | For Saint Veronica, said to have given Jesus a cloth to wipe his face on the way to Calvary, and named because of a supposed resemblence between markings on some Veronica species and her sacred handkerchief |
| Species | austriaca | Austrian |
| subsp. | teucrium | For King Teucer, legendary first king of Troy, who is said to have used it medicinally |
Veronica austriaca subsp. teucrium description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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