Common name:
Slender speedwell
Family:
Scientific name:
Veronica filiformis
Main flower color:
Range:
Most of the UK; commonest in the south
Height:
A few cm - a creeping plant, often forming mats
Habitat:
Grassland, field margins
Flowers:
Up to 10 mm across; four blue petals, one of which is narrower, and paler in colour. Four sepals, with a few long hairs underneath. Two stamens, with white filaments and dark blue anthers. Flowers are solitary, growing from the upper leaf nodes, attached by long, slender, hairless to sparsely hairy pedicels
Leaves:
Round to kidney-shaped, about 10 mm in diameter, lined by broad, shallow teeth and crossed by faint, pinnate veins. Sparsely covered by thick white hairs, and attached by short stalks
Season:
April to July
Rarity:
★★★★★
