• Scientific Name: Veronica rotunda subsp. rotunda Nakai
• Ref: Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 29:3. 1915
• Synonyms: Pseudolysimachion rotundum (Nakai) Holub; P. rotundum subsp. coreanum (Nakai) D.Y. Hong; P. rotundum var. coreanum (Nakai) T.Yamaz.; Veronica amplectens Nakai; V. coreana Nakai; V. rotunda var. coreana (Nakai) T.Yamaz.
• English Common Name: round speedwell, Korean speedwell
• Chinese Common Name: 无柄婆婆纳 (原亚种) wúbǐng pópo∙nà (yuán∙yàzhǒng), 朝鲜婆婆纳 Cháoxiān pópo∙nà, 朝鲜穗花 Cháoxiān suìhuā
• Japanese Common Name: マルバヤマトラノオ [丸葉山虎の尾] marubayamatoranoo, ミネトラノオ [峰虎の尾] minetoranoo
• Family: Plantaginaceae
• Genus: Veronica
• Distribution: Grassy mountain slopes; 1100-1300 m. Anhui (Yuexi Xian), Henan (Shangcheng Xian), Liaoning, Shanxi, Zhejiang (Lin’an Xian) [Korea].
• Photo: 08/14/2010, Qingliang Peak, Zhejiang

Stems 1, erect, ca. 1 m tall, simple or apically branched, glabrous or puberulent, with a ring at each node connecting petiole bases. Leaves opposite, sessile, amplexicaul, sometimes short petiolate upward; leaf blade ovate, 3-6 cm wide. Inflorescences mostly 1, axis densely with white short curly hairs. Pedicel 2-5 mm, densely with multicellular glandular hairs, rarely villous. Corolla blue, blue-purple, or rarely white, 6-7 mm; tube less than 1/3 of corolla length; lobes patent, upper lobe ovate-orbicular, other 3 lobes narrowly ovate. Stamens exserted. Capsule 3-5 mm. Fl. Jun-Aug. 2n = 34. (Flora of China)

08/14/2010, Qingliang Peak, Zhejiang

08/14/2010, Qingliang Peak, Zhejiang