Photographs: Co. Cork and Co. Limerick

Blue Water-speedwell Veronica anagallis-aquatica Biolar grá Family: Scrophulariaceae Flowering June - August. Annual. Native. Erect spikes of pale blue flowers, small, narrow bracts at base of flower stalks. Fruit barely notched, slightly longer than broad. Opposite stalkless leaves, short toothed or entire. Erect plant, almost hairless, to 30cm tall Widespread by streams and ponds and in marshes and shallow ditches Hybrids occur with Pink Water-speedwell, Veronica catenata

Blue Water-speedwell, Veronica anagallis-aquatica, Biolar grá