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-20230419-RM-125228.jpg) | Veronica filiformis, commonly known as the slender speedwell among other names, is a species offlowering plant in the familyPlantaginaceae. It is native to northern Turkey and the Caucasus, and is known in many other regions as anintroduced species, for example in the United Kingdom, where it began as a rock garden plant and later became wild.Veronica filiformis is arhizomatous perennial herb producing mats of hairy stems. It isself-sterile and rarely seeds, being spread bystolons. The petals are four-lobed and bluish with a white tip, around 8–10 mm in diameter, the top lobe being largest since it is actually a fusion of two lobes. At the center are two long, protrudingstamens. Solitary flowers occur in leaf axils. They are on relatively long, slender stalks that arise from theleaf axils, and appear between April and July. This photograph of aV. filiformis flower wasfocus-stacked from 42 separate images. Photograph credit:Reinhold Möller Recently featured: |
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