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|accepted_name=Veronica grandiflora
|accepted_authority=Gaertner
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop.
|place=14(1): 531, plate 18, fig. 1. 1770
|year=1770
}}
|common_names=Large-flowered speedwell
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Veronica aphylla var. grandiflora
|authority=(Gaertner) Vahl
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=V. grandiflora var. minor
|authority=Hultén
}}
|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Veronica;Veronica grandiflora
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Plantaginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Veronica]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Veronica grandiflora]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 306
|treatment_page=page 311
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials.</b> Stems prostrate to erect, unbranched, (3–)5–15(–20) cm, viscid-hairy. <b>Leaves</b>: blade elliptic-ovate, 20–45 × 15–30 mm, 1–3 times as long as wide, base cuneate, margins ± crenate-serrate, apex acute to rounded, abaxial surface with articulate hairs or glabrous, adaxial hirsute, or surfaces sparsely ciliate only. <b>Racemes</b> 1–4, axillary, 50–150 mm, 3–8-flowered, axis viscid-hairy; bracts oblong, 3–5 mm. <b>Pedicels</b> suberect, 8–10 mm, longer than subtending bract, viscid-hairy. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes 4 mm, apex obtuse, hairy; corolla bright blue to violet-blue, 8–9 mm diam.; stamens 7 mm; style 7–9 mm. <b>Capsules</b> compressed in cross section, obovoid, 9–11 × 7–8 mm, apex emarginate, sparsely hairy. <b>Seeds</b> unknown. <b>2n</b> = ca. 48–50 (Russia).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jul–Aug.
|habitat=Meadows, between stones, slopes, alpine slopes.
|elevation=0–600 m.
|distribution=Alaska;Asia (Japan;Russia).
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|references=
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name=Veronica grandiflora
|author=
|authority=Gaertner
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Veronica aphylla var. grandiflora;V. grandiflora var. minor
|basionyms=
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jul–Aug.
|habitat=Meadows, between stones, slopes, alpine slopes.
|elevation=0–600 m.
|distribution=Alaska;Asia (Japan;Russia).
|reference=None
|publication title=Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop.
|publication year=1770
|special status=
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|genus=Veronica
|species=Veronica grandiflora
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