Seasonal Wild Flowers

Ivy-leaved Speedwell

Veronica hederifolia

Plantaginaceae

March to August

It is found throughout the country but is less common in

the North.

See the BSBI distribution map for Ivy-leaved Speedwell

It is a weed of open cultivated land and grows on waste

land, open woodland and hedge banks.

It is an archaeophyte.

Ivy-leaved Speedwell is an annual, prostrate, creeping,

hairy herb, growing up to 50cm.

Flowers are blue and rather small at 6-9mm across.

Sepals are hairy and longer than the corolla.

Leaves are ivy-like, with a large terminal lobe and

smaller side lobes.

They are pale green, 3-veined, hairy and 1.5cm across.

There are 2 very similar looking subspecies, V. hederifolia

subsp. lucorum and subsp. hederofolia.

Ivy-leaved Speedwell

Closer view of flowers and leaves

Hairy leaf and calyx

Leaves and creeping stem