| Scientific Name: | Veronica spicata |
| Common Name: | veronica, speedwell |
| Family Name: | Plantaginaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia, Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Flowering cut plant, Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Attract birds, Bedding plant, Container planting, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Herb, Perennial border, Screening, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Lanceolate, Linear, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, Blue, Purple, Pink, Jun-Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves long, narrow, and toothed; flowers small and tightly clustered in spike-like racemes. | |