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(First upload on October 13 2008. Last on September 3 2023) [ 日本語 | English ]

Veronica L. (クワガタソウ) V. serpyllifolia L. Life form: perennial forb Chromosome number: 2n = 14 ssp. humifusa (Dicks.) Syme ex Sowerby Tengukuwagata (テングクワガタ, 天狗鍬形), brightblue speedwell Distribution: Japan (Hokkaido- Honshu), North America Habitat: (slightly) wet sites (often described as montane and subalpine plant. That is for Honshu)

Flower: blue Glandular hair: much on flower stalks and stems Synonyms: Veronica lilacina F. Towns. Veronica tenella All. Veronica serpyllifolia auct. non L. Veronica humifusa Dicks. ssp. serpyllifolia (コテングクワガタ)

Veronica serpyllifolia in Hokkaido

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ssp. humifusa (テングクワガタ)

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[1] on an artificial grassland near Sarobetsu Wetland Visitor Center, northern Hokkaido, on May 28 2017. [2] at a small stream near Tomamu skislope, central Hokkaido, on June 24 2013. [3] in a foerst at the third station on Mount Apoi (アポイ岳), central southern Hokkaido, on June 15 2016. [4] on a trail to Matsuyama Bog, northern Hokkaido, on June 27 2018.

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ssp. serpyllifolia (コテングクワガタ) in Hokkaido

Kotengukuwagata (コテングクワガタ, 小天狗鍬形), thymeleaf speedwell

Distribution: North Africa - Europe - West Asia exotic to Japan (introduced to Hokkaido before World War II)

Flower: pale blue Glandular hair: none

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[1] in front of Kuromatsunai Town Office, southern Hokkaido, on May 18 2023. [2-4] on a lawn in the Rose Garden on Haboro, northern Hokkaido. [1/2] on May 22 2016. [3/4] on May 27 2017. [5/6] on a grassland in Fujimi Road Station, northern Hokkaido, on August 29 2018. Discarded: on a lawn near a parking lot close to Utonai Lake on June 11 2008; on a lawn near Sarobetsu Wetland Center, northern Hokkaido, on May 22 2016; on the Road Station Assabu, southern Hokkaido, on May 15 2019.