Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Green Field-speedwell, Veronica agrestis, Lus cré léana
Photographs: Dungarvan, Co. Waterford

Green Field-speedwell
Veronica agrestis
Lus cré léana
Family: Scrophulariaceae

Flowering time: March-November. Annual. Introduced.

White or pale bluish-white flowers with a white lower petal and blunt, oblong sepals. The fruit capsule is 2-lobed with glandular hairs. The pale green leaves are downy, oval and toothed with short stalks. A branched and spreading plant with flower-stalks that are shorter than the leaves.

Well-drained, acidic soil in gardens, waste and arable land. Decreasing

Similar: Common Field-speedwell, V.persica has longer flower stalks

Green Field-speedwell, Veronica agrestis, Lus cré léana

Green Field-speedwell, Veronica agrestis, Lus cré léana
Green Field-speedwell, Veronica agrestis, Lus cré léana

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