Veronica kiusiana Furumi, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 30: 122. 1916; V. glabrifoliaKitagawa; V. kiusiana var. glabrifolia (Kitagawa) Kitagawa.

Stems erect, 1 or several and cespitose, more than 50 cm tall, sometimes apically branched, often pubescent, rarely apically glabrous, with a ring at each node connecting petiole bases. Leaves opposite; petiole 1-2.5 cm, shorter upward, pubescent; leaf blade deltoid-ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 4-12 X 2.5-6 cm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, base truncate, shallowly cordate, or rarely cuneate, margin deltoid dentate, apex acute to acuminate. Inflorescences 1 or rarely more, never in a large panicle, axis and pedicels villous. Pedicel 2-5 mm. Corolla purple to blue, 5-7 mm; tube ca. 1/3 of corolla length; upper lobe ovate-orbicular, other 3 lobes ovate. Stamens slightly exserted. Ovary hairy or glabrous. Capsule 3-5 mm, glabrous. Fl. Aug-Sep. 2n = 34, 68.

Meadows, grasses at forest edges. SE Jilin, Liaoning (Zhuanghe Xian) [Japan, Korea].