Slender Speedwell
Veronica subtilis
Family Plantaginaceae
About
Veronica filiformis is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae. It is known by many common names, including slender speedwell, creeping speedwell, threadstalk speedwell and Whetzel weed. It is native to eastern Europe and western Asia, and it is known in many other regions as an introduced species.
How to spot it
Veronica filiformis is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing mats of stems that readily root at nodes that touch substrate. It is self-sterile and rarely seeds, being spread by stolons. The stems can reach lengths of 5 to 50 centimeters (2 to 20 in) and be hairy without glands to covered in glandular hairs. The corolla of V. filiformis is four-lobed and bluish with a white tip, around 8–10 mm in diameter, the top lobe being largest since it is actually a fusion of two lobes. At the center are t
Documented on these trails
Found in
- Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve — Canberra & Namadgi National Park hikes