Scientific name: Veronica chamaedrys L.
Common name: Germander Speedwell
Description
Habit: Perennial.
Stems: Semi-erect to straggling, main stem with 2 lines of hairs, to 50 cm long.
Leaves: Opposite, without stipules, hairy, undivided, oval, coarsely toothed, unstalked or with short stalk.
Flowers: Bright blue, nearly actinomorphic, hermaphrodite, 10-12 mm across, in axillary racemes; calyx deeply 4-lobed, lobes oblong and pointed; corolla slightly irregularly 4-lobed, with a very short tube; stamens 2, borne on corolla tube; ovary superior, 2-celled, style 1.
Fruits: A capsule, scarcely 2-lobed, flattened, wider than long.
Habitat: Roadsides, scrub, wood-margins, grassland.Distribution: Abundant throughout.
Native status: Native
Of conservation interest: No