Germander Speedwell - Veronica chamaedrys

Height up to 25cm (10in). Grassland perennial, widespread and common throughout the country. Oval leaves are toothed and hairy. Prostrate hairy stems with two lines of hairs, which will root at the nodes, few branches. The white centred blue flowers are 10 - 12mm (0.4 - 0.5in) across, stem hairs and leaves are opposite. Sky blue flowers with a white eye capsules. Flowers May - June, growing on field boundaries, grassy banks, meadows, open woods and among bushes. Thyme-leaved Speedwell (V. serpyllifolia) has white or pale blue flowers and rounded to oblong leaves.

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