Veronica serpyllifolia Thyme-leaved Speedwell

A low growing, annual speedwell whose rooting stems creep along the ground with small, unstalked, oval, entire leaves which are not staked and producing upright spikes of pale blue or white flowers with violet-purple viens. It grows in lots of different types of open habitats, particularly along tracks and pavements, on rock ledges, on heathland and in cultivated land such as gardens, allotments and arable fields. It is a very common plant virtually everywhere in Britain and Ireland and it is common and widespread throughout West Glamorgan, in both lowland and upland habitats. It is a very common member of the forest road flora in the conifer plantaions of Neath Port Talbot. There are two subspecies in the British Flora but all our plants are Veronica sepyllifolia ssp. serpyllifolia.

Native