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Marsh Speedwell
Veronica scutellata
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Marsh Speedwell is a slender wetland plant with tiny pale pink to pale blue flowers. It is often seen along pond and lake edges, ditches and muddy tracks, and can even grow in shallow water. The species occurs widely across Europe, Asia and North America.
Did you know?
- It can grow with its lower parts standing in shallow water.
- It is native across Europe, Asia and North America.
About the species
Identification
Slender wetland plant 10–50 cm tall. Stems rise from the base and may be smooth or softly hairy. Leaves grow in pairs without stalks; they are narrow like straps, edges smooth or finely toothed, often tinged brownish or reddish. Flowers hang in loose, thin-stalked clusters from the upper leaf joints. Each flower is 5–6 mm across with four small lobes, pale pink or pale blue. After flowering it forms a flat, rounded pod with a shallow notch. Told from brooklime and water-speedwell by its much narrower leaves and looser flower clusters. Flowers in Finland from June to August.
Plant group
Herbaceous plants
Habitat
yards and roadsides
Flowering
Jun–Aug
About the habitat
Wet ground and shallow water such as ditches, shores, puddles, wheel ruts, clay pits and wet fields. Occurs across Finland; common up to southern Lapland.
Sources
Photo: Lorraine Cook, CC BY 4.0 https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/6552531809
Text: Pinkka: Kasvitieteen retkeily Ahvenanmaalle - Nåtön luontopolku, CC BY 4.0 https://laji.fi/taxon/MX.39610
Text: Pinkka (Luomus), CC BY 4.0 https://laji.fi/taxon/MX.39610
Text: Wikipedia (Finnish), CC BY-SA 4.0 https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhtat%C3%A4dyke
