Japanese name: ヒメクワガタ（姫鍬形） Scientific name:Veronica nipponica var. nipponica
[Overview]
A perennial 5–15 cm tall, found mainly in grasslands of high mountains on the Sea of Japan side.
It has a short underground stem.
Several stems grow upright and bear sparse white hairs.
Leaves are simple and opposite, ovate to elliptical, 1–2 cm long and 0.5–1.3 cm wide, with sparse white hairs on both surfaces.
The leaf margins have blunt serrations.
There are no leaf stalks.
Short racemes at the stem tips bear several flowers.
The corolla is deeply 4-lobed to the base, 5–6 mm across, and a very pale reddish purple.
The anthers are bluish purple.
The calyx and flower stalks are hairy.
The fruit is a flat, elliptical capsule with a notched tip.
