Veronica chingii H. L. Li.

Stems cespitose, 10-30 cm tall. Leaf blade 1.5-3.5 X 0.5-2 cm, margin entire or serrate. Racemes subcapitate, rarely elongated. Pedicel 1-3 mm. Calyx lobes 3-4 X ca. 1.5 mm, slightly enlarged in fruit. Corolla 3-6 mm; lobes 1/5-1/3 of corolla length. Capsule 5-8 X 2-3.5 mm. Style 1-3 mm. Fl. Jun-Aug.

Alpine meadows; 3000-4700 m. Gansu, Nei Mongol (Helan Shan), Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, NW Sichuan, Xinjiang, N Xizang [Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan].