• Scientific Name: Veronicastrum sibiricum (L.) Pennell
• Ref: Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia Monogr. 1:321. 1935
• Synonyms: Callistachya sibirica (L.) Raf., Eustachya japonica Raf., E. sibirica (L.) Raf., Leptandra japonica (Raf.) Raf., L. sibirica (L.) Nutt. ex G.Don, Pseudolysimachion sachalinense (T.Yamaz.) T.Yamaz., Veronica japonica (Raf.) Steud., V. longifolia subsp. sachalinensis (T.Yamaz.) Assejeva, V. pseudolongifolia subsp. sachalinensis (T.Yamaz.) Assejeva, V. sachalinensis T.Yamaz., V. sibirica L., V. sibirica var. humilis Nakai, Veronicastrum japonicum (Nakai) T.Yamaz., V. japonicum f. albiflorum (Akasawa) T.Yamaz., V. japonicum f. album (T.Shimizu) T.Yamaz., V. japonicum var. australe (T.Yamaz.) T.Yamaz., V. japonicum var. humile (Nakai) T.Yamaz., V. sibiricum f. candidum Yonek., V. sibiricum f. glabratum (Nakai) H.Ohashi, V. sibiricum f. humile (Nakai) H.Ohashi, V. virginicum var. sibiricum (L.) B.Boivin
• English Common Name: Sibirian veronicastrum
• Chinese Common Name: 草本威灵仙 cǎoběn wēilíngxiān, 轮叶婆婆纳 lúnyè póponà
• Japanese Common Name: シベリアクガイソウ [シベリア九蓋草] shiberiakugaisō
• Family: Plantaginaceae
• Genus: Veronicastrum
• Distribution: Trailsides, grassy slopes, thickets; below 2500 m. E Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, N Shaanxi, N Shanxi, Shandong [Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia].
• Photo: 07/15/2008, Mt. Changbai, Jilin

Rhizomes horizontal, to 13 cm, internodes short. Stems erect, simple, terete, glabrous or sparsely villous and with multicellular hairs. Leaves in whorls of 4-6, sessile, oblong to broadly linear, 8-15 X 1.5-4.5 cm, glabrous or sparsely hirsute and with multicellular hairs. Inflorescences terminal; bracts long caudate, glabrous. Calyx less than 1/2 as long as corolla; lobes subulate. Corolla red-purple, purple, or pale purple, 5-7 mm; tube tubular, straight, apically hairy inside; limb actinomorphic; lobes 1.5-2 mm. Capsule ovoid, ca. 3.5 mm. Seeds ellipsoid. Fl. Jul-Sep. (Flora of China)

07/15/2008, Mt. Changbai, Jilin