''Veronica incana'', the silver speedwell, is a species of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

in the family

Plantaginaceae Plantaginaceae, the plantain family or veronica family, is a large, diverse family (biology), family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales that includes common flowers such as Antirrhinum, snapdragon and Digitalis, foxglove. It is unrelated ...

. It is native to parts of Eastern Europe and Russia, all of Siberia, Mongolia, and northern China, and has been introduced to Czechoslovakia. A number of authorities consider it to be a subspecies of the spiked speedwell ''

Veronica spicata ''Veronica spicata'' (spiked speedwell; syn. ''Pseudolysimachion spicatum'') is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae. It is tall and bears 1 foot long spikes with blue, pink, purple and white flowers. It is the county flow ...

''; ''Veronica spicata'' subsp.''incana''. It is a parent of the hybrids ''Veronica'' ×''czemalensis'' (with '' V.porphyriana'') and ''Veronica'' ×''grisea'' (with '' V.longifolia'').

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''Veronica incana'' , High Plains Gardening

''Veronica spicata'' subsp. ''incana'' 'Pure Silver' (Silver Speedwell) - Gardenia.net

incana The Socotra warbler (''Incana incana'') is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Incana''. It is endemic to Socotra. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or trop ...

Flora of Austria Flora of Ukraine Flora of Russia Flora of Siberia Flora of the Russian Far East Flora of Kazakhstan Flora of Mongolia Flora of Xinjiang Flora of Inner Mongolia Flora of Manchuria Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Plants described in 1753 {{Plantaginaceae-stub