Arable Weeds 2 – Common Field-speedwell

  • Small blue flowers of Common Field-speedwell - an arable weed
  • Small blue flowers of Common Field-speedwell - an arable weed

Common Field-speedwell (Veronica persica) grows on bare soil, cultivated arable fields and disturbed ground. It has a prostrate form, spreading horizontally over the ground surface. The small blue flowers will be a familiar sight to many, and it is part of the lowest growing of wild flowers in the plant association that characterises unsown field margins, almost forming a ground cover mat in some places..

 Category: BIODIVERSITY, FIELDS, FLOWERS, NATURE      Tagged: , , , , , ,

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