[The Figwort Family in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Kittentails of the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washingtons

The Genus Veronica

formerly the Genus Synthyris

Columbia Kittentails, Columbia Synthyris, Mountain Kittentails, Tailed Kittentails, Western Mountain Kittentails: Synthyris missurica ssp. stellata (Synonyms: Synthyris missurica, Synthyris missurica ssp. stellata, Synthyris missurica var. major, Synthyris stellata)

Columbia Kittentails: Synthyris missurica ssp. stellata as seen along old Highway 30 about one mile west of Multnomah Falls........March 2, 2016.

Round-leaved Kittentails, Snowqueen, Snow Queen: Veronica regina-nivalis (Synonyms: Synthyris reniformis, Synthyris reniformis var. reniformis) -

Columbia Kittentails, Columbia Synthyris, Mountain Kittentails, Tailed Kittentails, Western Mountain Kittentails: Veronica missurica ssp. stellata (Synonyms: Synthyris missurica, Synthyris missurica ssp. stellata, Synthyris missurica var. major, Synthyris stellata) - Herbaceous, perennial wildflower with clusters of blue to lavender, bell-like flowers above orbicular leaves with coarsely serrated leaf margins.


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