Common name:
Common field speedwell
Family:
Scientific name:
Veronica persica
Main flower color:
Range:
All across the UK, except mountainous areas. Thought to be an introduced species
Height:
Stems are prostrate, up to 30 cm long
Habitat:
Arable fields, disturbed ground
Flowers:
Around 8 mm in diameter, with four blue petals, the lowest paler in colour, and four hairy green sepals, spreading when mature. Flowers are solitary, at the leaf nodes, and are attached by relatively long stalks, longer than the leaf stalks
Leaves:
Opposite, pale green, ovate, hairy (especially underneath), up to 3 cm long, lined with a few coarse teeth
Season:
January to December
Rarity:
★★★★★
