Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Heath Speedwell, Veronica officinalis, Lus cré
Photographs: Ballingeary, Co. Cork

Heath Speedwell
Veronica officinalis
Lus cré
Family: Scrophulariaceae

Flowering time: May-September. Perennial. Native.

Erect spikes of mauve-blue or whitish-blue flowers growing from leaf-axils, the flower stalks shorter than the bracts. Flat seed capsule. The short-stalked lower leaves are tapered at base, hairy, oval and blunt-toothed. Semi-erect to creeping growth habit. Height /spread: 15-35cm.

Very frequent on heaths, grassland and open woodland on slightly acidic ground, also found growing on walls.

Heath Speedwell, Veronica officinalis, Lus cré

Heath Speedwell, Veronica officinalis, Lus cré
Heath Speedwell, Veronica officinalis, Lus cré

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