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8th July 2009, Birkdale (Mature) Sand Dunes, Sefton Coast. | Photo: © RWD |
Up to twice as tall and majestic than Spiked Speedwell. |
8th July 2009, Birkdale (Mature) Sand Dunes, Sefton Coast. | Photo: © RWD |
Intense blue very long spike of flowers. |
8th July 2009, Birkdale (Mature) Sand Dunes, Sefton Coast. | Photo: © RWD |
Spike of flowers much longer than spike of Spiked Speedwell. |
8th July 2009, Birkdale (Mature) Sand Dunes, Sefton Coast. | Photo: © RWD |
Four intense-blue petals with prominent pink or mauve (when unopened) or deep-blue (when opened) stamens, a little reminiscent of Viper's Bugloss. |
8th July 2009, Birkdale (Mature) Sand Dunes, Sefton Coast. | Photo: © RWD |
Stamens just as prominent as those of Spiked Speedwell. |
8th July 2009, Birkdale (Mature) Sand Dunes, Sefton Coast. | Photo: © RWD |
The pale mauve to white styles with a blue single discoidal stigma are slightly longer than the stamens. |
8th July 2009, Birkdale (Mature) Sand Dunes, Sefton Coast. | Photo: © RWD |
The seed heads of spent flowers. |
8th July 2009, Birkdale (Mature) Sand Dunes, Sefton Coast. | Photo: © RWD |
The leaves have very pronounced curved teeth, quite unlike the smooth nature of the leaves of Spiked Speedwell. The leaves are also less hairy. |
16th Aug 2010, Birkdale (Mature) Sand Dunes, Sefton Coast. | Photo: © RWD |
Same plants 14 months later. A bit more mature. |
16th Aug 2010, Birkdale (Mature) Sand Dunes, Sefton Coast. | Photo: © RWD |
16th Aug 2010, Birkdale (Mature) Sand Dunes, Sefton Coast. | Photo: © RWD |
Many flowers at the bottom of the flowering spike have turned to fruit. The otherwise similar Spiked Speedwell is shorter and does not have toothed leaves. |
16th Aug 2010, Birkdale (Mature) Sand Dunes, Sefton Coast. | Photo: © RWD |
Lower down the flower spike the petals drop off leaving the long stamens sticking out. still with anthers sticking out. |
16th Aug 2010, Birkdale (Mature) Sand Dunes, Sefton Coast. | Photo: © RWD |
Stamens still with anthers on at the bottom. Still some flowers yet to open at the summit. |
Easily confused with :
The Hybrid of : Spiked Speedwell with Grows on older sand dunes in the Sefton Coast area of Merseyside.
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![]() Veronica (Speedwells) |
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