Corn Speedwell - Veronica arvensis
Other Names:
Wall Speedwell, Rock Speedwell
Annual. Stems prostrate to erect, simple or branched, 5–25 cm. Herbage puberulent to glandular-pubescent. Leaves short-petiolate; blades 5–12 mm long, ovate, crenate to deeply serrate. Inflorescence a terminal, glandular-pubescent to hirsute raceme; pedicels ca. 1 mm long. Flowers: calyx 2–3 mm long; sepals unequal; corolla deep blue, 2–4 mm across; style ca. 0.5 mm long. Capsule obcordate, deeply notched, 2–4 mm high, sparsely glandular-villous (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
POLLINATORS The following animal species have been reported as pollinators of this plant species or its genus where their geographic ranges overlap:
Bombus vagans and
Bombus pensylvanicus (Colla and Dumesh 2010).