Identifying features of veronica polita are the solitary flowers, the pinnate leaf veins, and the all-blue petals
Common name:
Grey field-speedwell
Family:
Scientific name:
Veronica polita
Main flower color:
Range:
Lowland regions of England and Wales
Height:
A few cm - a prostrate species
Habitat:
Waste and cultivated ground
Flowers:
Up to 12 mm in diameter, with four blue petals, all equal in colouration, crossed by darker veins. Flowers are solitary, attached by short stalks from the leaf nodes. Flowers are generally shorter than the leaves. Sepals are ovate, and pointed at the tip
Leaves:
Alternate, ovate, grey-green, sparsely hairy (glandular and non-glandular), lined by large teeth. Up to 15 mm across, with partially pinnate venation; not all veins originate at the attachment point
Season:
March to November
Rarity:
★★★★★
