Speedwell

Other names

Bird'S Eye, Cancerwort, Ironheads

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Perennial

Native distribution

Northeastern Anatolia; Caucasia

Location

Heasley Rock Garden

Source of plant

Nina Lambert

Description

Perennial with decumbent, creeping, branched stems, woody at base, pubescent, reaching 3-10 cm in length. Leaves 4-10 X 2-8 mm, ovate, broader on flowering shoots, crenate, coriaceous, slightly glaucous, sparsely ciliate; petiole 1-4 mm. pubescent to subglabrous. Racemes 1-4. axillary, often opposite, globose, 1-2 cm in flower; 10-30-flowered.

USDA Hardiness Zone

6