Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Germander Speedwell, Veronica chamaedrys, Anuallach
Photographs: Co. Cork

Germander Speedwell
Veronica chamaedrys
Anuallach
Family: Scrophulariaceae

Flowering time: March-August. Perennial. Native.

Bright blue flowers with darker veins and a white eye. The seed capsule is shorter than the calyx. Leaves are opposite or very short-stalked, ovate, coarse-toothed and downy. Creeping or ascending straggling stems, the main stem with two rows of hairs. Height: To 50cm

Common in grassland, field edges, gardens, hedges and on roadsides.

Similar: Wood Speedwell, Veronica montana

Germander

Germander Speedwell, Veronica chamaedrys, Anuallach
Germander Speedwell, Veronica chamaedrys, Anuallach

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