Photographs: Co. Cork

Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica Lus cré garrai Family: Scrophulariaceae Flowering: January-December. Annual / biennial. Introduced Solitary bright blue flowers with a white lower lip, the flower-stalks longer than leaves. 2-lobed fruit capsule is broader than high and heart-shaped. Coarse-toothed downy leaves, the lower leaves opposite, upper alternate. A branched, spreading plant with prostrate or semi-erect stems Abundant in gardens, arable and waste ground, on roadsides and walls. Similar: Grey Field-speedwell, Veronica polita

Common Field-speedwell, Veronica persica, Lus cré garrai