Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Wood Speedwell, Veronica montana, Lus cre coille
Photographs: Bantry, Co. Cork

Wood Speedwell
Veronica montana
Lus cre coille
Family: Scrophulariaceae

Flowering time: April-July. Perennial. Native.

Axillary pale blue-mauve flowers with white centres and deep blue veins. Seed capsules are flattened and longer than the calyx. The stalked pale green leaves are hairy and coarse-toothed. Sprawling or ascending stems, the main stem hairy all round. Height 10-30 cm

Grows in woods and hedgebanks on base-rich soils. .

Similar: Germander Speedwell, Veronica chamaedrys has darker blue flowers and the leaves are usually stalk-less

Wood Speedwell, Veronica montana, Lus cre coille

Wood Speedwell, Veronica montana, Lus cre coille
Wood Speedwell, Veronica montana, Lus cre coille

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