Skye Flora

Marsh Speedwell


Veronica scutellata

 

Veronica scutellata

Photo © Carl Farmer
18 Aug 2002 Scorrybreac
Flower 3 mm across, fruit 5 mm broad, 4 mm high

 

Occasional in water or wet ground

Height c 10-30 cm.  Flower c 4-7 mm across.

Skye ID: The only speedwell with long narrow leaves known from Skye.  Alternating flower-spikes (i.e one per pair of leaves) distinguish from two similar species which could occur here.  All specimens worth investigating.

Other features: Fruit-capsules flat, notched.  Flower-pedicels much longer than their bracts.
 

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