Common name: Wood Speedwell
Scientific name: Veronica montana
Genus: Veronica 婆婆納屬*
Family: Plantaginaceae 車前科, plantain family
Remarks*: Veronica was formerly classified in the family Scrophulariaceae 玄參科, figwort family.
Origin: native
Date: 25th April
Found in damp woodland.
Another plant.
Leaves distinctly stalked. Photo enlarged below to see the hairs on the stem.
Stem hairy (glandular hairs) all round.
Leaves serrately toothed.
Raceme in axil.
Photo enlarged below to see the flower buds.
Raceme. Photo enlarged below.
Bracts (the green leaf-like structure at the base of the flower stalk) much shorter than pedicels.
Sepals of the flower. Photo further enlarged below.
Glandular hairs on the under side of the sepals and flower stalk.
Glandular hairs all round the stem.
Raceme 2 to 5 flowered. Photo enlarged below to see the details of the flower.
Corolla about 7 mm across, lilac-blue.
Another flower, enlarged below.
4 Petals, the lower one is smaller. 2 stamens and 1 style.
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