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Thyme-leaved Speedwell - Veronica serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifolia

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Thyme-leaved Speedwell Thyme-leaved Speedwell - Veronica serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifolia dylan Hill 1 13 May 2023, 11:58 a.m. 12 May 2023, 1:43 p.m.
Thyme-leaved Speedwell Thyme-leaved Speedwell - Veronica serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifolia dylan Mixed Terrain 23 Feb 2022, 7:52 p.m. 23 Feb 2022, 2:24 p.m.
Thyme-leaved Speedwell Thyme-leaved Speedwell - Veronica serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifolia dylan Mixed Terrain 23 Feb 2022, 7:52 p.m. 23 Feb 2022, 2:23 p.m.
Thyme-leaved Speedwell Thyme-leaved Speedwell - Veronica serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifolia dylan Mixed Terrain 23 Feb 2022, 7:52 p.m. 23 Feb 2022, 2:24 p.m.
Thyme-leaved Speedwell Thyme-leaved Speedwell - Veronica serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifolia dylan Mixed Terrain 23 Feb 2022, 7:52 p.m. 23 Feb 2022, 2:24 p.m.
Thyme-leaved Speedwell Thyme-leaved Speedwell - Veronica serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifolia dylan Mixed Terrain 23 Feb 2022, 7:52 p.m. 23 Feb 2022, 2:24 p.m.

Species Description

Common and widespread throughout the UK. Habitat includes: Bare, disturbed places such as gardens, parks, allotments, churchyards, wasteland, roadside verges, railway banks, woodland rides, grassland, heaths, flushes, damp rock ledges, wet gravel, paths, lawns etc. Growing habit: Low-creeping Perennial. Flowers: March to October.

Stace 4:

At least 1/2 of flowering stem upturned and erect; leaves ovate-elliptic; racemes more or less glabrous or with englandular hairs, usually with >12 flowers; pedicels about as long as calyx; corolla 5 - 8mm across, whitish to pale blue with darker veins; 2n=14. Waste and cultivated ground, paths, lawns, open grassland, woodland rides and on mountains; Common throughout British Isles.