Scientific Name: Veronica peduncularis
Common Name: speedwell
Family Name: Plantaginaceae
Origin: Central / west Asia
Hardiness Zone: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C)
Plant Type: Ground cover
Mature Size: 0.1 - 0.2m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width)
Habit: Horizontal
Form: Creeping / Mat-like
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Attract butterflies, Cut flower or foliage, Ground cover, Perennial border, Rock garden
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Lobed, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Lanceolate, Ovate, Pinnately lobed
Flowers: Raceme, White, Blue, Violet, Apr-May
Fruit: Capsule, Brown, Jun-Jul
Key ID Features:
Leaves evergreen, opposite, ovate-lanceolate, 2-3 cm long, shallowly lobed; flowers saucer-shaped, 5 petals with darker veins, 2 prominent stamens.