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Veronica serpyllifolia L.

thyme-leaved speedwell (Veronicaceae)

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Veronica serpyllifolia is a widespread but modest species with narrow, loose spikes of small, whitish flowers.

Ticino, Switzerland; 2008-05-05

 thyme-leaved speedwell / Veronica serpyllifolia: _Veronica serpyllifolia_ is a widespread but modest species with narrow, loose spikes of small, whitish flowers.

The fruiting capsules of Veronica serpyllifolia are wider than long, and borne on short pedicels.

Yanworth (VC33: East Gloucestershire); 2018-06-06

 thyme-leaved speedwell / Veronica serpyllifolia: The fruiting capsules of _Veronica serpyllifolia_ are wider than long, and borne on short pedicels.

Veronica serpyllifolia subsp. humifusa grows in mountainous regions of Scotland and Wales and a few sites in England; it has fewer, smaller, darker flowers than the common subpsecies, and has glandular hairs in the inflorescences.

Südtirol (BZ), Italy; 2012-07-03

 thyme-leaved speedwell / Veronica serpyllifolia: _Veronica serpyllifolia_ subsp. _humifusa_ grows in mountainous regions of Scotland and Wales and a few sites in England; it has fewer, smaller, darker flowers than the common subpsecies, and has glandular hairs in the inflorescences.

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