These little violet-like plants show up in our yard every year. I think I introduced them with some transplants from my previous house. The ruler tick marks represent millimeters, so the largest flowers are about a centimeter across. I don't know if these are really violets though. From what I can find, all violets (or all
viola species anyway) have 5 petals. These all seem to have only 4 petals.
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Update: I've been informed that these are in fact
Veronica (common name: speedwell).]
Photographed yesterday using and
Epson Perfection 4490 Photo flatbed document scanner with the lid open.
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UrQ3aAnTNg0/Tb7LxRJQkyI/AAAAAAAAAbs/zvBtCCwnN5w/s400/vvv1-q.jpg")
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What it looks like in the lawn.
Taken with the Sony Cyber-shot.
(The cable wasn't long enough to use the scanner.)
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What you've got is a beautiful little weed called Speedwell (Veronica). I think the one you have is Bird's-eye Speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys). I have a lot of this in my yard outside my residence. It's not native but doesn't do much, if any harm. I love your scanned pictures. Really brings out the beautiful in these minute flowers!
ReplyDeleteA. L.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the identification. I don't mind having it in the lawn. Most of the time it looks pretty. I'll update the text to explain what it really is.
Thanks.