Veronica beccabunga Brooklime

A low-growing perennial that sprawls along the ground in wet places, rooting itself as it grows. In open muddy habitats it can form quite dense stands and it is tolerant of partial shade atlong wet tracks at the  edges of woodland. The relatively wide, unstalked and somewhat fleshy leaves and the pale blue flowers on long stalks make it a quite distinctive speedwell. It is a very common plant in most of Britain and Ireland, except for the mountainous areas of Scotland and it is widespread in West Glamorgan. The phytochemistry of speedwells like Brooklime has been studied extensively and plants have been shown to contain a number of interesting compounds particularly iridoids, flavonoids and glucosides, e.g. aucubine

Native